Originally Posted by
bull
Flew into DTW last night...heard "Delta Heavy" call tower asking for a vehicle to check their main gear, they thought they were stuck. Vehicle came back on tower freq and confirmed their main gear was "half buried in the sod" off the taxiway. Don't know if it had just landed or going for departure, or just being towed...anyone hear anything...can't seem to find any info.
There have been a number of cases of aircraft being pushed back into the mud in DTW over the years, too.
No one just calls themselves Delta Heavy, though... unless it's a sorority whaling thing.