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One more incident like this and Delta is going to get a reputation. Just weeks after a mouse was found on board one of their planes, causing an evacuation and serious delay... it's happened again!

On Thursday, a 20-pound engine tail cone fell from a Boeing 777 plane headed from JFK Airport to Tokyo and onto the front yard of Michelle Russell in Roosevelt, Long Island. The Delta crew only realized the four-foot piece of metal was missing after it landed in Tokyo—14 hours later. While airline officials say the tail cone isn't necessary for the plane to operate (it helps with fuel efficiency), Russell said, "I'm a firm believer if you take off with something you should land with the same parts you took off with."

It's been a rough week for newsman Dominic Carter. First, the embattled NY1 political commentator was accused of "punching, choking and kicking" his wife, then he was put on leave from his longtime TV gig before being castigated by a judge for namedropping. To top it off, he was thrown off of an airplane yesterday after allegedly bumping into a flight attendant before take-off at LaGuardia Airport.

The animals scored another point against the humans at JFK this past Sunday. Reportedly a mouse (eek!) was running rampant around a Delta aircraft waiting to depart for London. Upon being spotted, the captain refused to operate the flight, "fearing the rodent might gnaw through some critical wiring and put the entire aircraft at risk high over the Atlantic." And now we have a new reason to fear flying.

A flight that had taken off from JFK heading for Tel Aviv was quickly diverted after a passenger charged at the cockpit trying to get in. The plane and its 206 passengers landed safely at Logan International Airport in Boston. 22-year-old Israel citizen Itay Atmor was charged with interfering with a flight after the incident which an official emphasized was "not an act of terrorism." A Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman told reporters, "He was making some noise and banging on doors, possibly the cockpit. But he was subdued by some passengers who wrestled him to the ground." Delta Flight 86 had left JFK at 7:55 p.m. and touched down at Logan around 10.

Passengers who boarded a Delta flight to Las Vegas at JFK airport at 10:30 a.m. yesterday had plenty of time to catch up on their Sudoku, because they ended up being stuck on the plane for over 7 hours. The flight never left JFK due to scattered thunderstorms on Sunday. Passengers were placated with water and “warm Sprite,” according to one account, and were finally permitted off the plane sometime after 5:30 p.m. A Delta spokesman could not explain why passengers were not allowed to return to the gate, and promised to refund their money. Which is a nice gesture, since airline passengers still have no rights.