Two workers killed and a third injured in an explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta
Aug 27, 2024, 10:30 AM | Updated: 10:35 am
FILE - A Delta Air Lines jetliner is shown at Denver International Airport in Denver, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers are dead and a third injured after an explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. The airline says it’s working with authorities to investigate what happened.
WSB-TV reported that a tire on a plane exploded early Tuesday morning. The television station is citing unnamed sources.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that several Atlanta fire units and police went to the scene at the maintenance hangar near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after 5 a.m.
Delta says in a statement that it’s heartbroken, but the airline is providing few details about the explosion.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
