7 August 2013
Last updated at 11:13 ET

The flight was carrying 298 passengers

An airliner flying from France to the USA which developed a technical fault and circled over the East of England has landed safely.

The Delta Airlines Airbus left Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris at 11:50 BST on route to Detroit, but was unable to retract its wing flaps.

Soon after take-off, flight DAL99 began circling above the skies of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire at 25,000ft (7,620m).

After using up fuel, the plane landed at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

The flight had 298 passengers and 11 crew members on board.

A spokeswoman from Delta Airlines said: “Once on the ground, the aircraft will be inspected and the next step will be determined.”

The Hague: A Delta Airlines Airbus headed from Paris to the US with over 300 people on board was today diverted to Amsterdam because of a problem with its flaps, the airline said.

“On take-off from (Paris hub) Charles de Gaulle, Flight 99 to Detroit was unable to retract its flaps,” an airline spokeswoman who asked not to be named told AFP.

“As a precaution the flight will be diverted to an alternate airport,” she said.

A plane’s wing flaps help an aircraft gain or lose altitude by being raised or lowered.

Amsterdam’s Schiphol is the top choice but depending on weather conditions the flight could be diverted to London instead.

The Airbus A330 has 298 passengers and 11 crew on board, Delta said.

A spokeswoman for Dutch air traffic control said the plane had been circling over eastern England to burn fuel before trying to land.

“It was too heavy to land so it had to circle over England to lose weight,” Bertine Langelaan told AFP.

She said the plane was due to land at Schiphol at around 1430 GMT (2000 IST).

At least three fire engines have been deployed at Schiphol “as a precautionary measure”, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

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Want to know what would make your workplace a winner?

It turns out that flexible hours, employee engagement and innovation are key ingredients for an employer’s success, according to a new survey.

The Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management announced the winners of their annual workplace excellence award, and they range from Delta Airlines to tiny Noble-Davis Consulting, in Solon, Ohio.

The prize, officially called the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility, goes to approximately 300 companies annually that demonstrate workplace effectiveness in a variety of ways, according to Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute.

(Read more: College–educated millennials seek a work–life balance: Study)

Employers fill out questionnaires to compete for consideration, and then surveys are sent to the employees of the firms that look most promising. If the response rate from employees is high enough, and the ratings are sufficiently impressive, the employer makes the grade.

Typically, the winners demonstrate creative approaches to fostering employee engagement and motivation—and they find interesting ways to add flexibility to the workplace. “When I read the winners’ write–ups, I’m blown away with the innovation that I see,” Galinsky said.

A case in point is consulting firm Noble-Davis. Employees there have enormous flexibility about where and when they work, according to Pamela Noble, founder and a vice president. Some come in at 7:30 a.m., others at 10 a.m., and some regularly work at home several days a week.

“Our work mode is, if the client’s happy and the work is going out the door right and on time, we are very flexible about how that employee gets that work done.”

Noble-Davis makes this possible by enabling everyone—including the receptionist—to work remotely. Noble herself, who is planning to retire soon, worked from Florida for roughly two months last winter.

(Read more: The great shrinking office? More companies hire remote workers: Survey)

Another distinguishing fact about the company is that employees have a large stake in its success since they are paid a percentage of collections from their clients. “All our employees work like entrepreneurs,” Noble said. “They are very invested in keeping the client happy.”

That much connectedness can make it hard for employees to turn off work, but Noble says that’s not a problem. Every employee working with clients has colleagues who can provide backup, and in the firm’s line of business—retirement plans—Noble says “there isn’t anything that’s so immediate that if you didn’t get back to a client within a few hours, it couldn’t wait.”

A disabled man has claimed he was forced to crawl off a plane run by Delta Airlines, and is now suing the company in an extraordinary case.

D. Baraaka Kanaan is a 40-year old paraplegic, who is suing Delta Airlines claiming that the airline’s staff forced him to crawl on and off their flight, and provided no additional assistance to help him.

Kanaan has filed a lawsuit claiming that he “endured physical and extreme emotional suffering” from the experiences and believes Delta should pay him a significant sum in damages.

He claims the first incident took place July 27, 2012 when he traveled on a flight from Maui, Hawaii to Nantucket, Massachusetts. Kanaan claims he was forced to crawl onto the flight.

Then two days later, when Kanaan returned to Hawaii from Massachusetts, he was again forced to endure the degrading and embarrassing treatment, according to his allegations.

The 40 year old has claimed that he called the airline weeks in advance to notify them of his disability and so they could make the appropriate arrangements for him. He told them he would need an aisle chair to get him to his seat and a lift to get on the plane.

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The man has described that after crawling off the plane upon his arrival in Nantucket, he was assured the airline had prepared the necessary equipment to help him onto the plane. Instead, the assistance offered to him was when a Delta attendant offered to put a piece of cardboard down so Kanaan would not ruin his clothes.

Seemingly realizing they had caused an embarrassing and degrading experience for Kanaan, the airline gave him a $100 voucher and 25,000 SkyMiles to compensate him for the treatment.

Needless to say Kanaan refused the offer and is now bringing a lawsuit against Delta.

Just in December 2012, Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown, a double amputee and Afghan war veteran, was forced to ensure what has been described as a degrading experience with Delta when he was forced to sit in the back of the aircraft. Attendants argued that they put him there because the plane was about to take off.

A Hawaiian man is suing Delta Airlines after they allegedly forced him to crawl on and off his flights and across the tarmac because they didn’t have the right equipment to aid him.

D. Baraka Kanaan, who is from Haiku, Hawaii, says he was left partially disabled after a car accident and called the airline well ahead of time to let them know he would need an aisle wheelchair and a lift to help get him in and out of the chair. The spokesperson, Kanaan says, assured him they would have everything ready. However, when he arrived at the airport to board his flight to Nantucket, he was informed they had no such equipment and was, subsequently, forced to crawl out of the plane upon arrival and across the tarmac to his own wheelchair.

“They basically watched me crawl,” said Kanaan. “It was a completely absurd situation.”

After filing a complaint with Delta officials, he was assured there would be proper equipment for his flight home. But once again, he was forced to crawl. Delta employees, he claims, wouldn’t help him because they didn’t want to be held responsible for any injury. Now, he’s suing the airline for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“We are appalled by the treatment of Mr. Kanaan by Delta Air Lines, and this is not the first instance of misconduct by Delta Air Lines towards disabled people, and we hope in Mr. Kanaan’s case, he can be vindicated in court,” said Brian Brazier, one of Kanaan’s attorneys.

Delta hasn’t commented on the incidents because of the pending court case, but included in Kanaan’s claim is an accusation that Delta has had trouble accomodating customers before.

“Just a year before, Delta received no less than 5,000 complaints against it and was ordered to pay record breaking fines for its persistent ‘egregious’ mistreatment of disabled passengers,” the paperwork states.

A disabled man is suing Delta Airlines, claiming that he was forced to crawl on and off their flight by airline staff.

D. Baraaka Kanaan, a paraplegic, is suing the airline for a significant sum in damages, claiming to have “endured physical and extreme emotional suffering” from the experience.

The 40-year-old said the incident happened during a flight from Maui, Hawaii to Nantucket, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2012.

With no additional assistance to help him board the plane, Kanaan says he was forced to crawl onto the plane, down the aisle, down the stairs, and across the tarmac with no assistance. The alleges that he had to do the same again on the return trip back.

Kanaan was left paralyzed after a car accident in 2000 and has since relied on a wheelchair to get around.

Kanaan says he had called Delta Airlines weeks before to notify them of his disability so proper arrangement could be made when he needs to board the flight. He had requested an aisle chair and a lift to get off the plane.

However, when he landed at Nantucket, the aisle chair and lift were not prepared. When he asked what his options were to get off, a flight attendant told him, “I don’t know, but we can’t get you off the plane.”

Kanaan then had to “[crawl] hand over hand through the main cabin and down a narrow flight of stairs and across the tarmac to his wheelchair.” This caused “great physical and emotional suffering.”

On his flight back, the same thing happened, but airline staff offered to place a piece of cardboard underneath Kanaan so his clothes would not get dirty. He complained to the airline, which offered him a $100 voucher and 25,000 SkyMiles for his trouble. But he did not accept their compensation and is instead taking the airline to court.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Delta Airlines announced Friday that they are bringing back hourly shuttle service between LAX and SFO.

The hourly service will begin September 3.

Delta said they will employ the 76-passenger Embraer 175 jet.

The airline also said first-class, business and economy seats will be available.

Economy fares will start at $59 and max out at $160 for round-trip service.

As an added perk for commuters, the airline will allow 30-minute check in prior to departure and complimentary newspapers and in-flight beverage and food service including wine, beer, coffee and snacks.

Delta said the planes would be flown by their connection partner, Compass Airlines, under the Delta brand and ticketing service.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Delta Airlines announced Friday that they are bringing back hourly shuttle service between LAX and SFO.

The hourly service will begin September 3.

Delta said they will employ the 76-passenger Embraer 175 jet.

The airline also said first-class, business and economy seats will be available.

Economy fares will start at $59 and max out at $160 for round-trip service.

As an added perk for commuters, the airline will allow 30-minute check in prior to departure and complimentary newspapers and in-flight beverage and food service including wine, beer, coffee and snacks.

Delta said the planes would be flown by their connection partner, Compass Airlines, under the Delta brand and ticketing service.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Delta Airlines announced Friday that they are bringing back hourly shuttle service between LAX and SFO.

The hourly service will begin September 3.

Delta said they will employ the 76-passenger Embraer 175 jet.

The airline also said first-class, business and economy seats will be available.

Economy fares will start at $59 and max out at $160 for round-trip service.

As an added perk for commuters, the airline will allow 30-minute check in prior to departure and complimentary newspapers and in-flight beverage and food service including wine, beer, coffee and snacks.

Delta said the planes would be flown by their connection partner, Compass Airlines, under the Delta brand and ticketing service.