Boeing 757 Operated By Delta Air Lines Loses Nose Wheel On Runway * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

A Delta Boeing 757 lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take off from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The wheel then rolled down the runway.

The Daily Wire’s Gregg Re shared audio from the moment another aircraft noticed the plane lost its nose wheel.

“Delta 982, this is the aircraft looking at you. One of your nose tires just came off. It just rolled off the runway behind you,” DAL 1783 said.

“Tower, this is Delta 1783, you may want somebody come out. Looks like the nose tire ran off the runway towards the end down there,” DAL 1783 said.

LISTEN:

the wheel of a Delta Boeing 757 just flew off while it was preparing to take off at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The wheel then rolled down the runway…

could have been catastrophic if it happened a few seconds later

video from 1/20 (VASAviation) pic.twitter.com/mO7Fvzysmx

— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) January 23, 2024

https://twitter.com/gregg_re/status/1749909992520511879

The incident happened on January 20, 2024.

Watch the full video from VASAviation:

WSB-TV reports:

A Delta flight traveling from Atlanta lost a wheel as it attempted to take off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, according to the FAA.

Delta Flight 982 from Atlanta Botago, which was operating on a Boeing 757 aircraft, lost a nose wheel from the gear. According to the incident report the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.”

Customers and their bags were removed from the plane and transferred to the gate on buses and then onto a replacement aircraft.

The FAA is currently investigating the incident. No one was injured.

There are around 2000 Boeing 757s and can carry nearly 250 passengers.

The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 jet fell off and rolled away while the plane was waiting on the runway for take-off clearance, with almost 200 people on board, an FAA preliminary report says. https://t.co/3aeCUtrs8D

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2024

Per NBC News:

The plane had 172 passengers — as well as two pilots and four crew members — and was bound for Bogotá, the Colombian capital, Delta said Wednesday. But passengers were instead removed from the plane and later put on a replacement flight. There were no injuries.

Boeing declined to comment, instead directing inquiries to the airline.

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“Delta Flight 982 ATL/BOG was taxiing for departure when a nose gear tire came loose from the landing gear,” Delta said in a statement Wednesday.

“All customers and their bags were removed from the aircraft, transferred to the gate and onto a replacement aircraft. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”

The plane was put back into service the next day, Delta said.

The incident follows the Boeing 737-9 MAX, operated by Alaska Airlines, that made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a section of the aircraft blew out in mid-air.