Sunday, May 29, 2011

Crew Members - Smoke After Plane Lands In Atlanta - Passengers Evacuated After Boom

Delta Flight 2284 occurs with Atlanta from Pittsburgh when a witness studies a "big boom"

A Delta established states that that brakes overheated, while an FAA recognized affirms a tire blew

None with the 44 travellers plus 5 various crew users are usually damage plus all tend to be evacuated

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Delta Air Lines Inc.

(CNN)Passengers had been evacuated through a Delta plane once smoke a pipe started out coming on the steering wheel area, once that ended up at Atlanta's air-port Saturday afternoon, your witnesses and company standard said.

Flight 2284 had just simply arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from Pittsburgh, all around 4:14 p.m. should the scene occurred, stated Delta spokeswoman Leslie Parker.

Parker claimed the actual plane's brakes overheated, producing smoke. According to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen, certainly one of the plane's tires blew out.

"After (the plane) landed there is an important boom, after which you can merely a line of smoke," Kalel Dunst, who seem to found this episode originating from a resort living room nearby, told CNN. "It turned off the runway, along with the fire received considerably bigger."

According in order to Parker, none from the 44 travellers or perhaps personal trainer team affiliates fully briefed were injured. All ended up easily evacuated in addition to bussed for the terminal. She stated these people departed the planes by slides, though Bergen said that they went on the back stairs.

The aircraft an MD 88 will probably be removed of service and evaluated, the Delta spokeswoman said.

CNN's Justin Lear contributed to the present report.

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