Delta B772 at Atlanta on Jan 18th 2015, smoke on takeoff observed by other flight crew

Last Update: January 19, 2015 / 16:45:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-95

Aircraft Registration
N701DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Delta Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N701DN performing flight DL-95 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 308 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Atlanta's runway 27R when the flight crew of another aircraft taxiing on a taxiway near the end of runway 27R reporting seeing smoke off the left hand side of the Boeing 777 upon rotation, possibly smoke from a tyre while passing the PAPI's runway 09L. The crew levelled off at 7000 feet, declared emergency and returned to Atlanta for a safe landing on runway 27R. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on an adjacent taxiway requesting emergency services to check for any fires around the aircraft advising that the inboard forward brakes of the left hand main gear indicated higher than all the other brakes. Emergency services reported seeing smoke from the left side during landing, too.

Following examination and repairs the aircraft was able to depart again after about two hours on the ground and reached Tokyo with a delay of 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 18, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-95

Aircraft Registration
N701DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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