Two Delta Air Lines workers were killed and another person was injured at a Delta maintenance facility in Georgia early Tuesday morning, the company said.
The incident happened at a Delta TechOps maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Few official details about the fatal incident were immediately available, though sources told FOX 5 Atlanta that a tire exploded while it was being removed from a plane. No update on the injured person was immediately provided.
John Laughter, chief of operations and president at Delta TechOps, confirmed in a statement that the incident happened at the facility’s wheel and brake shop.
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