Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Accident (N726DA)

Flight Details and Initial Route Change Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a scheduled passenger flight operating between Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Los Angeles, California, with an en route stop at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The aircraft, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, departed Fort Lauderdale at 15:10 EDT under an IFR flight plan with 152 passengers and 11 crew members on board. The dispatch package included a weather forecast for the Dallas/Fort Worth terminal area indicating a possibility of widely scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, which were expected to become isolated after 20:00 CDT. The flight proceeded uneventfully until passing New Orleans, Louisiana, when a line of weather along the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast intensified. To avoid the developing weather to the south, the flightcrew elected to change their route to the more northerly Blue Ridge arrival route. This change necessitated a 10 to 15-minute hold at the Texarkana, Arkansas, VORTAC for arrival sequencing at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.