06:58 AM EDT, 10/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- A Delta Air Lines' ( DAL ) flight to New York made an emergency stop due to a technical fault at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal on Saturday, multiple media outlets reported, citing Senegal's transport ministry.

The aircraft was a Boeing ( BA ) 767, carrying 216 passengers, Reuters reported, citing the ministry.

"The plane, during takeoff, performed an acceleration maneuver followed by an emergency stop due to a technical incident," the news outlets quoted the ministry as saying in a statement.

Senegal's national civil aviation agency and its Bureau of Investigations and Analysis will probe the incident, the outlets quoted the ministry.

Delta, Boeing ( BA ), and the Senegalese ministry did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' requests for comment.

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