A Boeing 757 operated by Delta Air Lines lost its front wheel Saturday while preparing to take off from a major airport in Atlanta, the Federal Aviation Administration said. It was the latest episode of problems involving one of the manufacturer’s aircraft.
Delta Air Lines Flight 982 was preparing to take off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport bound for Bogota, Colombia, around 11:15 a.m. Saturday when its “front wheels came off and it rolled down a hill,” the agency said. Announced. preliminary report.
More than 170 passengers on board were able to disembark, but no one was injured, the report said.
A Delta Air Lines spokesperson said the passengers were placed on alternate flights.
A Boeing spokesperson declined comment and directed questions to Delta Air Lines.
The FAA said it is continuing its investigation.
It’s been a tumultuous time for Boeing in recent years, with safety concerns following deadly disasters. Alaska Airlines’ new Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane was blown away by a door plug at 16,000 feet shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, Oregon, on January 5, putting the manufacturer under fresh scrutiny.
No one was seriously injured at the time, but passengers were exposed to whiplash during the plane’s harrowing return to Portland.
The FAA subsequently ordered approximately 170 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to be grounded in the United States until they can be inspected. The plane that lost a wheel in Atlanta on Saturday, a Boeing 757, is a different model.