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

A Delta employee and contractor were killed at the scene, while a third person suffered serious injuries.

The incident occurred in the maintenance area of the airport just after 5am on Tuesday.

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 plane arrived in Atlanta from Las Vegas about 9pm on Sunday night, WSB-TV reported.

The incident comes just months after a Delta plane lost its nose wheel while attempting to take off from the same airport.



Delta Air Lines said in a statement: 'The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of two team and the injury of another following an incident this morning at the Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility.

'We have extended our full to family and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time.

'The Delta family is grateful for the quick action of first responders and medical teams on site.'

Flights in and out of the airport have not been impacted by the tragedy.

Delta has vowed to work with local authorities as an investigation is launched to determine what went wrong.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens issued a statement on Tuesday morning confirming the tragedy and issuing his condolences to the loved ones of those involved.

He said: 'I offer my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased Delta employees.

My thoughts are also with those who were injured, and I hope for their swift and full recovery. AFRD, APD, and HJAIA teams are on the scene, working diligently to address the situation.'

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Damn

Tragic.

Would have said it's Tinubu but he cannot set foot in the US without going to jail.

Omoo

Omo... Rip to the dead

Hehe

This Mputin worshipper and US hater, please go and apply to Russian military, they are recruiting massively via Wagner PMC


Apply here https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/8197318/wagner-pmc-recruiting-massively-fighters

Hmmmm
Tires should be considered as Ballistics.
I really feel for Nigerian Vulcanizers..
It can render one incapacitated in seconds

Air mishaps can never be totally understood. But this ops hatred for the US, he will be among the queue in the embassy seeking for the green card

Boeing needs to be seriously sanctioned or suspended. The fines are clearly not working, suspend them worldwide for 6 months and they’ll sit up, very difficult but needs to be done or else there’ll be a catastrophe in the States soon, then their eyes will clear.

The Tire don Tyre

Ok

Na wa oo

MaxW11:
Boeing needs to be seriously sanctioned or suspended. The fines are clearly not working, suspend them worldwide for 6 months and they’ll sit up, very difficult but needs to be done or else there’ll be a catastrophe in the States soon, then their eyes will clear.

Any tyre can suddenly explode. Its not a Boeing problem. If the tyre technician or vulcaniser is not using the right protective gears, it can injure or kill him. If the technician isn't charging or carrying out maintenance of the tyre the proper way as enshrined in the workshop service manual, it can also result in same fatalities or injuries.

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This Writer.. is always looking for bad news to post from the US

Cash out for the victims families

They won't suffer till they die!!

Ooooppps.

May their soul rest in perfect peace.

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Boeing is always in the news for terrible things recently.

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USA government will probably crackdown on Boeing when the time comes. I think they still have some astronauts stuck in space for months now.

@SEUN, why are you not making it possible for s to delete their data on this forum?

Kunlekadiri:
In a developed place like us

So accidents don't happen in developed countries again?

Be shaming Tinubu small small na

Boeing Again

Where are the pictures OP🤷🤷🤷

For those who don't know, WriterNig is a paid russian troll who posts negative news regarding the united states on nairaland. He works in a russian troll farm.

You might wonder why Russia is having trolls post on an exclusively Nigerian website. The simple truth is that Russia desires to negatively influence the perception of the US in anyway possible.

WriterNig opened his a few months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He goes by other names on different websites.

Yes accidents happen all over the world but nothing comes close to shocking as the incompetence of the average Russian.

Russian pilots drink the fuel of their fighter jets on the regular. In the first few weeks of their invasion of Ukraine, the bastards were siphoning fuel from thier tanks to sell and by alcohol.

Or is it the one where Russian troops were seen looting toilets and shipping the toilet bowls back home? A good number of them had never seen a WC toilet before.

The bastards went as far as digging trenches in Chernobyl! For crying out loud, who digs a trench in a radioactive landscape? The soldiers who did came down with severe radiation sickness they had to be sent home. There is no word if they survived.

There are several videos on the net where Russian soldiers are seen sodomizing other soldiers. In one of them, A ukrainian FPV drone watched and waited patiently until soldier slamming his fellow colleagues arse was about to cum. The drone then dropped a grenade on them. They died while cuming.

WriterNig is a fool. Nigerians are not dumb to fall for the cheap tricks of a russian troll.