Two workers were killed and another injured after a tyre on a plane exploded at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport in the US state of Georgia early Tuesday, according to multiple media reports.
WSB-TV reported that a tyre on a plane exploded, killing one Delta employee and a contract worker.
Several Atlanta fire units and police responded to the maintenance hangar near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after 5 a.m., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
“The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of two team members and the injury of another following an incident this morning at the Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility,” Delta said in a statement. “We have extended our full support to family members and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time.”
(With inputs from agencies)
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