A Delta plane made an emergency descent after leaky bathrooms jammed its controls and shut down the autopilot

• Water leaked from plane bathrooms meant Delta pilots lost their autopilot systems, the NTSB found.
• Flooding from two bathrooms caused ice to form around the plane controls, the investigation found.
• Crew declared an emergency and descended before the pilots could get enough control to land at JFK.

Water leaking from the bathrooms of a Delta Air Lines plane knocked out its autopilot system and left pilots with limited control of the aircraft, an official investigation into the 2022 incident found.