Delta orders pizza party after plane diverted to East Tennessee

User @RileyVasquez tweeted out photos of the pizza party on the diverted Delta plane at McGhee Tyson Airport.
User @RileyVasquez tweeted out photos of the pizza party on the diverted Delta plane at McGhee Tyson Airport.
photo User @RileyVasquez tweeted out photos of the pizza party on the diverted Delta plane at McGhee Tyson Airport.

Staff at Marco's Pizza in Maryville didn't know at first the huge pizza order was for a diverted plane at McGhee Tyson Airport.

"We got this really big web delivery for the pizzas," said Jonathan Jenkins, a manager at Marco's.

The plane left 2 p.m. Tuesday from Philadelphia, according to CNN.com, but torrential rains in Atlanta forced the plane down in Knoxville. While passengers waited, the crew ordered them pizza -- 55 of them.

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