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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York JFK,NY to Accra
Where: over the Atlantic
When: Oct 29 2010
Why: While en route 300 miles out of New York, the plane developed an internal leak in the right engine, and smoke collected in the cabin.

The pilot descended to a lower altitude and made a safe landing at JFK with rescue services on standby. Passengers did not disembark for nearly two hours.

Maintenance determined that the oil leak or smoke from an oil leak got into the air conditioning.

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