According to FlightAware, the Boeing 717-200 twin-jet was diverted and returned to the Charlotte airport at 10:47 a.m., arriving at the gate by 11:26 a.m.

Delta Air Lines passenger Paula Rodriguez's 6-year-old dog, Maia, was lost in August at the airport, which is considered the busiest in the world.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, bound for Atlanta, was pushing back from the gate for departure at around 11:15 a.m. local time on Monday when an engine caught fire, the FAA said in a statement.

The Russian citizen, who held a US green card, carried her bags to the Delta gate, where she waited to board Flight 264 bound for Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. Dressed in a coat and gray ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said.