Two Delta workers dead after tire explodes off plane

Published August 27, 2024 5:11pm ET



Two Delta Air Lines employees are dead and a third is seriously injured following a tire blowout from a plane in Atlanta.

Early Tuesday morning, workers were in a hangar near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport changing a tire when the explosion occurred.

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