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Delta Boeing 757 Evacuation

Steven Meyer • Aug 18, 2023

Delta Boeing 757 Evacuation 

On August 2, 2023, a Delta Boeing 757 performing a flight from Richmond to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport blew its left main gear tire during landing. A fire started due to the hot landing gear parts. The crew evacuated the aircraft with 190 passengers. According to sources, at least one passenger was injured. 

Delta Airlines commented: "𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥-𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 1437 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘵. 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 - 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸."

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