An emergency slide falls off a California-bound Delta plane, forcing pilots to return to New York

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An emergency slide falls off a California-bound Delta plane, forcing pilots to return to New York

NEW YORK — An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport. Delta said that after takeoff the pilots got an alert about the emergency slide on the plane’s right side and heard an unusual sound coming from that area of the Boeing 767 jet, which is listed as having been manufactured in 1990. The Federal Aviatio…