Delta Flights Chase 2024 Eclipse for Passengers to View Rare Celestial Event

Delta flew planes into the path of the 2024 solar eclipse so passengers could view from the sky
A solar physicist missed seeing the 2017 eclipse because she was focused on collecting data
The rare total solar eclipse recurs in the same place every 375 years on average
Though some passengers saw the corona, others only witnessed a partial eclipse due to the plane's positioning
A cancer patient on the flight said she wasn't disappointed to miss totality as life is full of things you can't plan for