Delta B739 at Los Angeles on Jul 19th 2022, burst both right main tyres on landing

Last Update: July 21, 2022 / 02:42:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-515

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N822DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N822DN performing flight DL-515 from Atlanta,GA to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 190 people on board, landed on Los Angeles' runway 24R but burst both its right hand main tyres on roll out. The aircraft became disabled on the runway, the crew advised the tyres burst near the end of the roll out, they may have hit something on the runway. The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.

Runway 24L was temporarily closed while emergency services responded, runway 24R was closed until the aircraft could be moved off the runway a few hours later.

Passengers reported the touchdown was not hard, during rollout there was a loud bang and both right hand main tyres popped. Emergency services responded, maintenance arrived but couldn't fix the tyres right away. After waiting on board of the aircraft for about one hour they finally disembarked onto the runway.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Delta Airlines

Flight number
DL-515

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N822DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

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