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Delta Air Lines Flight 1989

11 Sept 2001 · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Boeing 767-332ER · Suspected hijacking

From Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
78
Survivors
78
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Boeing 767-332ER

Flight
DL1989
Aircraft type
Boeing 767
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N189DN
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)To Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

Approximate · Estimated position: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 was a regularly scheduled flight on September 11, 2001, from Logan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on a Boeing 767 aircraft. This flight was one of several flights initially suspected as possibly hijacked, but landed safely at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and contained no threat.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Delta Air Lines Flight 1989” (revision 1374479940, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: Delta Air Lines Flight 1989
Article
Delta Air Lines Flight 1989
Revision
1374479940 · 2026-09-12 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q5254562
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Delta Air Lines Flight 1989" (page 10782222, revision 1374479940)
Date
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Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
airline flight number in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.