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Delta Flight DL275 Diverted to LAX: Why the Tokyo-Bound A350 Turned Back Over the Bering Sea

The aircraft was already deep into its trans-Pacific journey when the crew abandoned Tokyo and began a five-and-a-half-hour diversion toward Los Angeles. Delta Flight DL275 was supposed to connect Detroit with Tokyo Haneda. Instead, the Airbus A350 crossed northern Pacific airspace, reversed course over the Bering Sea and landed at Los Angeles International Airport after an unusually long diversion. The…