Delta Boeing 757 airplane loses tire moments before takeoff in Atlanta: ‘Sounds like we got a problem’
By Social Links for Alex Oliveira
Published Jan. 23, 2024, 5:23 p.m. ET
A Boeing 757 lost its front tire as the aircraft was preparing to depart for an international flight over the weekend, the latest mechanical mishap to plague the beleaguered jet line.
Just before noon Saturday at the Atlanta International Airport, a Delta flight bound for Bogota, Colombia, was taxiing across the runway into takeoff position when another plane alerted the control tower that something was amiss.
“Hey, Tower, the 75 on the runway just lost the nose tire,” the pilot of the next plane in the takeoff queue said, according to audio obtained by VASAviation.
“Delta 982, this is the aircraft looking at you. One of your nose tires just came off,” the pilot continued.
“Thanks for that… sounds like we got a problem,” the Delta pilot responded.
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