FAA Investigates After Delta Boeing Plane Loses Tire

ABC News reports:

The FAA said Tuesday it will investigate after a tire under the front nose of a Delta Boeing 757 fell off one of the wheels and rolled down a nearby embankment.

The incident occurred on Saturday around 11:15 a.m. local time at Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport while Delta Flight 982 was taxiing before takeoff to Bogota, Colombia.

In air traffic control audio included in a report from the FAA, a controller is heard alerting the pilot of the situation, saying, “One of your nose tires just came off; it just rolled off the runway behind you.”

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The FAA said it will investigate after a tire under the front nose of a Delta Boeing 757 fell off one of the wheels and rolled down a nearby embankment. https://t.co/9Bwe1KJjot

— ABC News (@ABC) January 24, 2024

I’m sure this has nothing to do with mandated Diversity Equity and Inclusion practices in the airline industry!!!

People are going to die and no one regulating these things give a 💩!

Wheels don’t just fall off planes without gross incompetence in the equation! https://t.co/huSo52uy95

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 23, 2024