Two Delta employees killed and another injured after a Delta airplane tire exploded while it was being changed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The Boeing 757-200 (registration N683DA) arrived in Atlanta from Las Vegas on Sunday night. It landed at 21:19 EDT on runway 8L.
I’m deeply saddened to share that three TechOps team members were involved in an accident that took place early this morning in Atlanta.
John Laughter, Chief of Operations of Delta TechOps
The incident occurred in the maintenance area of the airport just after 5am on Tuesday. The plane is 31 years old.
Sources told local media that a tire exploded while it was being removed from the plane.
Delta has vowed to work with local authorities as an investigation is launched to determine what went wrong.
