Delta technicians were inspecting the aircraft before determining whether they can fix it and contin

The Airbus A330-300 was unable to retract its flaps on take-off, Delta spokesman Anthony Black told The Associated Press in Atlanta, where the airline is based. There were 298 passengers and 11 crew members aboard.
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The flight left Paris shortly before 11 a.m. local time, and it touched down in nearby Amsterdam shortly after 4 p.m. Websites that track flight routes showed Flight 99 spent much of the intervening five hours circling above Norwich, England.
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