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| Date: | Tuesday 27 August 2024 |
| Time: | c. 05:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-232 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N683DA |
| MSN: | 27103/533 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Int. Airport (ATL/KATL), Atlanta, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Delta Air Lines employee and a contractor were killed and another Delta Air Lines employee was injured at the Delta Air Lines' Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility (TOC 3) at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL/KATL), Atlanta Georgia, during an explosion of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 tire they were changing.
Sources:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13784541/delta-plane-tire-explosion-hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-airport.html
https://www.flyingmag.com/news/two-killed-in-delta-aircraft-tire-explosion/
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/2-killed-1-injured-during-incident-delta-techops-atlanta
https://abc7.com/2-killed-1-hurt-in-incident-at-deltas-atlanta-maintenance-facility/15235252/
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N683DA/history/20240825/2141Z/KLAS/KATL
https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.violation_detail?id=1771988.015&citation_id=01001
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2024 16:57 | RobertMB | Added |
| 27-Aug-2024 17:24 | aus | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 27-Aug-2024 19:14 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 28-Aug-2024 05:30 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Apr-2025 12:51 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
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