Delta Plane tire explodes killing two in Atlanta...

[Gingerbeard Man]

atljetmech and Howie y'all doing ok?

Delta plane tire explodes at Atlanta airport, leaving two dead and one seriously injured

Two people were killed and a third seriously injured when a tire exploded as it was being removed from a Delta Air Lines plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

nypost.com

 

[BillsCamino]

 

[4ssss]

When I was a kid and working in a gas station I had a Rambler snow tire blow on me while I was filling it with air. It almost took my arm off, and I can't imagine what this wheel did to these people. May they rest in peace.

 

[6Bones]

atljetmech and Howie y'all doing ok?

Delta plane tire explodes at Atlanta airport, leaving two dead and one seriously injured

Two people were killed and a third seriously injured when a tire exploded as it was being removed from a Delta Air Lines plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

nypost.com

Dying is against the ODT friendship agreement, clause one.

Howie and atljetmech this means you.

 

[Ballvina]

dang, I've been around a semi tire when it blew, do not want to imagine the amount of damage one of these would do.
200 psi sounds equivalent to a small, detonated charge

 

[roundhouse]

I remember the old split rim
Semi truck tires had to be inflated in a cage because they would sometimes come apart while being inflated and it would come apart hard enough to kill you

 

[mfoster]

Prayers for the families

 

[yellowhammer]

I remember the old split rim
Semi truck tires had to be inflated in a cage because they would sometimes come apart while being inflated and it would come apart hard enough to kill you

Large Aircraft wheels are in two halves, bolted together. The wheel and tire assembly slip over an axle and are held on the axle by a large nut. The tires are inflated in a cage. People have been killed removing aircraft tires by attempting to loosen the bolts holding the wheel halves together instead of removing the one axle nut. This has happened in the Air Force in the past, when an untrained mechanic attempted to change a tire.

 

[dhal22]

I remember the old split rim
Semi truck tires had to be inflated in a cage because they would sometimes come apart while being inflated and it would come apart hard enough to kill you

Split rims were regarded as a bomb waiting to happen. Cage was mandatory……

 

[rockyfatcat]

A couple of things: it happened inside the wheel and brake shop at 0500. (End of a long overnight shift. Day shift wasn’t in yet) If the mechanics who removed the tire off the aircraft should have removed the valve stem from the tire stem before removing the wheel and tire assembly from the aircraft.

According to the gossip I heard. The tech’s in the back-shop were dealing with an inflated tire that came apart. The two techs standing closest were instantly killed. One had his head removed. The tech who was injured/hospitalized was not close, but was hit by shrapnel.