Delta Boeing plane loses nose tire moments before takeoff: ‘Rolled off the runway’

I was on a Delta Air Lines Boeing plane, and the nose tire came off just before takeoff. Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta Saturday at the international airport, according to air traffic control audio posted online.

According to audio posted online by VASAviation, the Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 was taxiing on the runway after receiving takeoff clearance when one of its front wheels came off, rolling off the runway at the rear of the plane and rolling onto an embankment. It is said that it fell.

“The 75 on the runway just lost its nose tire,” a pilot who identified himself as being on the plane behind the Boeing 757 said over the radio.

“Thank you…it looks like we've run into a problem,” the 757 pilot replied.

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“Oh, I saw the tires roll south off the runway,” said the other pilot. “It looks like it went off the runway, and it probably fell onto the embankment over there.”

Pilots and air traffic controllers can be heard discussing sending maintenance crews out onto the runway to locate the tires as they would with any other aircraft. preparing for takeoff They were forced to wait behind the broken 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)

Other planes were eventually rerouted and the Delta Boeing 757 was forced to sit on the runway for about three hours while waiting to be towed. According to VASAviation.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. (Reuters/Carlos Barria/Reuters Photo)

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Both Boeing and Hartsfield-Jackson Airport told FOX Business they are withholding comment on Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment.