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A Delta Air Lines flight aboard a Boeing plane lost its nose tire shortly before its scheduled takeoff Saturday from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to air traffic control audio posted online.
The Delta Boeing 757 was cleared to take off and was taxiing on the runway when one of the nose wheels came off and rolled off the runway behind the aircraft and down an embankment, according to the audio recording posted online by VASaviation.
“The 75 on the runway just lost the nose tire,” a pilot who was in the plane behind the Boeing 757 said over the radio.
“Thanks for that…sounds like we have a problem,” the 757 pilot replies.
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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 plane reportedly lost a nose tire shortly before takeoff Saturday from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
“Yes, we saw the tire roll south off the runway,” says the other pilot. “Looks like it went off the runway, probably on the bank down there.”
Pilots and air traffic control can be heard discussing sending a maintenance team to the runway to locate the tire while other planes preparing to take off were forced to wait behind the damaged plane.
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The plane reportedly remained on the runway for about three hours before being towed away. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
Eventually, the other planes were diverted while the Delta Boeing 757 was left waiting on the runway for about three hours while waiting to be towed, according to VASaviation.
| ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | DELTA AIR LINES INC. | 36.98 | -0.30 | -0.80% |
| B.A | THE BOEING CO. | 214.93 | -0.09 | -0.04% |
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic. (Portal/Carlos Barria / Portal Photos)
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Both Boeing and Hartsfield-Jackson Airport told FOX Business that they have reached out to Delta for comment. Delta did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment.