ATLANTA — A Delta flight traveling from Atlanta lost a wheel as it attempted to take off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, according to the FAA.
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Delta Flight 982 from Atlanta Botago, which was operating on a Boeing 757 aircraft, lost a nose wheel from the gear. According to the incident report the “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill.”
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Customers and their bags were removed from the plane and transferred to the gate on buses and then onto a replacement aircraft.
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The FAA is currently investigating the incident. No one was injured.
There are around 2000 Boeing 757s and can carry nearly 250 passengers.
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