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[[Image:Delta1288MD88Map.PNG|thumb|Map of N927DA, indicating equipment, locations of fatally injured passengers, and locations of seriously injured passengers]]

'''Delta Air Lines Flight 1288''' was a regularly scheduled flight from [[Pensacola Regional Airport]] to Atlanta's [[Wikipedia:Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield-Jackson Airport]] on a [[Wikipedia:McDonnell-Douglas MD-80|McDonnell-Douglas MD-88]] equipped with [[Wikipedia:Pratt & Whitney JT8D|Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219]] turbofan engines. During the flight's takeoff roll from runway 17 at Pensacola on [[July 6]], [[1996]], the aircraft experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure that caused debris from the front compressor hub of the number one left engine to penetrate the left aft fuselage. The impact left two passengers dead and two severely injured. The pilot aborted takeoff and the airplane stopped on the runway. Three other passengers sustained minor injuries during the emergency evacuation. Most of the passengers were traveling on vacation.<ref name="HoustonChronicle2Die">"[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1996_1351897 2 die when engine shatters as jet takes off]." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday July 7, 1996. A1. Retrieved on February 13, 2009.</ref>