Tracking Delta Flight 89’s path before it dumped fuel on an elementary school

The cause of the diversion still isn’t known, but the pilots took the plane — a Boeing 777 — north over Malibu within four minutes after takeoff at 11:32 a.m., according to Flightradar24, a firm that maintains airline path data across the globe. During Tuesday’s flight, however, an engine problem apparently forced the pilots to end the ...