Two maintenance workers dead after plane tire explodes at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

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ATLANTA — At least two people have died and a third is seriously injured after an early morning incident in a Delta Air Lines maintenance area at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, multiple sources confirm to Channel 2 Action News.

Sources confirm to Channel 2 Action Newsthat a tire on the plane exploded while it was being removed, killing a Delta employee and a contractor. A second Delta employee suffered a major injury, but there is no word on that person’s condition.

At least 2 dead, 1 injured after tire explodes in Delta maintenance area near Atlanta airport

Details on what led up to the explosion have not been released.

www.wsbtv.com

 

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Delta TechOps is responsible for the maintenance of all the airline's planes, and Atlanta serves as the global headquarters, servicing more than 200 routes around the world.

It is understood the Boeing 757 arrived in Atlanta from Las Vegas on Sunday night, WSB-TV reported.

Two killed after Delta plane's tire explodes at Atlanta airport

Two people have died after a Delta airplane tire exploded while it was being changed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

This article reports that the aircraft involved is a Boeing 757-200: 2 Delta workers killed in tire explosion at Atlanta airport

The 757 is, without a doubt, one of the best commercial aircraft ever manufactured, and came into being well before the current issues associated with Boeing; however, with the program having been discontinued decades ago, there are an increasing number of problems being reported on the model (which, while being uncommon in passenger service globally, remains widely used by Delta and United in the US), owing to both typical aging and subpar maintenance. It'll be interesting to see what exactly happened here.

MOO.

 

[Inthedetails]

How terrible! My heart goes out to the families who lost loved ones so suddenly. jmo

 

[AlatzuMeizzaja]

It appears that the Sunday flight mentioned was this one, and the particular aircraft involved was N683DA, originally delivered to Delta in 1993. MOO.