Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Delta Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N942AT performing flight DL-876 from Atlanta,GA to Columbia,SC (USA) with 94 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing through about 2000 feet out of Atlanta’s runwa 27R when the crew donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency with tower reporting smoke in the cabin, stopped the climb at 4000 feet and requested immediate vectors for a return to Atlanta as well as fire trucks at the runway. The aircraft landed safely on runway 27L about 10 minutes after departure, stopped on the runway and was evacuated via slides.