'Popping' sound forces plane to return to Atlanta

From Ron Vincent
CNN

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A Delta Air Lines flight en route to Peru was forced to return to Atlanta, Georgia, after attendants heard a loud "popping sound," a Delta spokesman said.

Flight 351 had taken off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after midnight Sunday and was heading to Lima, said spokesman Kent Landers.

Landers said attendants heard a loud popping noise when the plane was south of Fort Myers, Florida.

The pilot returned the plane safely back to the Atlanta airport about 2:45 a.m. ET. It was not immediately known what caused the sound.

Landers said passengers would be flown to Peru on a different flight.

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