Delta Flight Catches Fire During Rough Landing in Atlanta
- Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:31pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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ATLANTA (AP) — The landing gear of a Delta Air Lines jet apparently caught fire during a rough landing Saturday afternoon at Atlanta’s main airport, but the flight’s approximately 50 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, authorities said.
Four people suffered minor injuries that did not require hospitalization, Atlanta city fire officials said. Passengers were evacuated through the rear stairs. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire with foam spray.
There were conflicting accounts as to what caused the trouble for Delta flight 2284 from Pittsburgh, which landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at around 4:18 p.m.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Kathleen Bergen said the MD-88 jet suffered either a blown tire, a locked-up brake or perhaps both, which caused a fire.
Fire officials initially said the fire was in the plane’s right engine, then said it was actually in landing gear toward the back of the plane. Crews had the blaze extinguished less than a minute after they arrived, Atlanta Fire Department Capt. Jolyon Bundrige said.
Delta spokeswoman Leslie Parker said late Saturday afternoon that she did not know if there was a fire on the plane and attributed the problem to an overheated brake. She was unaware of any injuries. The passengers on the plane were transported by bus to the airport terminal.
“There was obviously smoke,” Parker said. “The plane will be taken out of service and evaluated by maintenance and they’ll be able to determine exactly what happened.”
The damaged plane was taken off the runway and did not cause flight delays, airport spokesman John Kennedy said.
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Comments (41)
otmonger
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:46amTook the plane out of service? Heck fires out.Load it up.
Report Post »Gotta make money!
Cynic-clinic
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:30amA good landing is, by definition, one from which you are able to walk away.
How does a pilot know that his landing gear is up and locked???
Report Post »Answer: It takes full power to taxi to the terminal.
hempstead1944
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 8:50amAs long as everyone was okay…..good landing!
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 3:20amI may be wrong, but looking at those riding the slide, someone missed the slide all together and bounced off the runway. Ike Newton never takes the day off. Don’t forget: Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:58am“Ladies and Gentleman, this is your captain speaking. As you exit the rear of the plane, please ignore the fire under the plane. Thank you for flying Delta Airliines!”
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:41amGreat job. I think if they can buff it out it will be ready to fly. Just kidding!
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 1:24amAs the air fleet ages these problems will grow, your seeing more and more failures because the airlines are broke and cant afford to buy new planes to replace the aging fleet.
Thanks FAA, TSA, and now contributing to the problem NLRB
Report Post »GA Magnolia
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:19amWhat the heck is going on in Atlanta the past few days? Glad I’m not flying right now. Too many things happening.
Great Job to the Crew!!! And Kudos to the firefighters at the airport. (They have some of the coolest equipment at that station…)
Report Post »ILOVEGLENNBECK
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:29pmprobably part of the crap fleet they got from Northwest.
Report Post »aBritishTenther
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:17pmHa, dummy me, just watched the video, looked like someone triggered the tail escape slide but didnt deploy the slide itself. oops
Report Post »shirelover
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:32am;-) don’t ya just hate those days…
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:42pmGiven the location of the fire and the probable uncertainty as to whether an engine was involved, the flight crew probably made the decision NOT to use the tail exit, thus the blown tail cone, but no aft stair deployment! Those crew members had to make a lot of very quick and very deliberate decisions what to do and what NOT to do (wing exits, exits on fire side, which may NOT have been obvious from inside the plane, coordination between cockpit and cabin crew, calls by aircraft commander and cabin head flight attendant and subordinates (which engines were running and which were shut down, how long to render a door exit safe, whether to use tail exit, etc.)
Report Post »aBritishTenther
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:06pmsee how it would normally look http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image124398.html
Report Post »aBritishTenther
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:03pmlooks like several feet of plane is missing from the rear fuselage, must of been a real heavy landing to knock that off.
Report Post »aBritishTenther
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:01pmLocked up brake ??? so where is the tail cowling gone ? (see the rear of the fuselage is missing) looks like a little more happened to me than they are admitting.
Report Post »tom
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:39amThis is an MD-80. The tail cone is designed to be ejected on a ground evac. Once the tail cone is ejected by the rear seated flight attendant a slide deploys and passengers slide out the rear. It;s just an emergency exit, nothing more.
Report Post »tom
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:43amYou can see the tail cone being ejected in the video but the slide failed to deploy.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:38pmI’ll bet on the problem being a locked up brake.
Having worked for the airlines many many years ago, I can remember that many a time an aircraft would arrive at the gate with smoking wheels due to their brakes overheating. (This was especially the case on the old Convair 880′s as they were an exceptionally fast airliner back in the day.)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:46pmBet you are right!
Report Post »JustaThought
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:37pm“Folks, we’ll be touching down soon in Hotlanta. Please notice that the “No Smoking” sign applies only to the interior of the plane.”
Report Post »Catherine A.
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:19pmIt does seem like someone should have done a better job of rounding up the passengers, though. They seemed to be wandering around on the runway, too close to the flaming plane, just waiting for further direction. Especially dangerous while other planes are landing, and it’s got to be a distraction for them seeing a plane on fire as they hit the runway.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:36pmGood point! Most passengers haven’t been on the ground around aircraft, taxiways and runways! But, unless the flight crew PRECEDES passengers out the exits, they have to fend for themselves! Flight crew’s first job is to get the passengers OUT, SAFELY, then tend to issues of organizing the confusion. Had there been a larger fire, wind blowing another way, odd noises from the aircraft, you would have seen people moving at a faster clip! A tribute to the crew, and the passengers, for remaing calm during this emergency!!! And, a great job by the Fire Department for quick response, getting right on the problem, and not adding to the confusion by hosing down passengers or egress areas!
Report Post »llotus
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:11pmI dont fly Delta or anything they own. Northwest and Legiance suck, bad. Lotus.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:09pmTahnk God that every body safe.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:50pmWe LOVE Delta. They have been so professional, so caring and “on top of it” FOR their clients, customers, passengers.
So grateful all is well.
GOD BLESS YOU, Delta and all who work for and with you.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:50pmAny landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:44pmWell thank God that landing went as well as it did. Even though there was a problem credit has to be given to the design engineering and emergency personel.
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:43pmIt looks like everyone is safe, and on the ground……. Thank GOD
Report Post »pYrO
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:42pmNice.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:35pmThe smoking lamp is out…
Report Post »nacilbuper
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:34pmHolly Smoke!
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:00pmKudos to the crew for a safe evac.
Report Post »Rearden Steel
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:25pmReason #113 why I’m a land mammal.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:38pmThe Delta crew and the fire dept did very well.
Report Post »Florida_Freedom_Fighter
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:00amScary,.. looked like it was evacuated and extinguished quickly though, I’d be running as soon as i got off. Fire and Plane = explosion in my mind.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:53amWow good job on the flight attendants part.
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Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:47am.
“Fire officials initially said the fire was in the plane’s right engine, then said it was actually in landing gear toward the back of the plane. ”
It’s an MD-80 (or variant)
I’m no fire official, but the landing gear is not “Near the back of the plane” on any plane (okay, maybe a Piper Cub) and the engines are not near the wing. It shouldn’t take a rocket surgeon to discover the difference.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:50am.
Part Deux:
Why, when there is a fire in the rear of the plane, would you send the passengers to the rear of the plane?
Answer: It’s expensive to repack those slides at the front of the plane.
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