This is one way to get your exercise in for the day!
From ABC:
Passengers evacuated a Delta Airlines flight Wednesday after a tire on a landing gear popped as the plane landed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
One person on the 190-person flight was reported injured.
Here's the tires on fire:
The left main gear tire blew when the plane made a hard landing around 6 p.m. at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the FAA said in a statement.
Passengers aboard the flight, which departed from Richmond International Airport in Virginia, had to exit via the plane's emergency sides, according to the FAA.
Interesting.
So a "hard landing" caused the tire to blow.
A woman on board the flight, who doesn't want to be identified, told ABC News Atlanta affiliate WSB, that one tire popped and another shredded when the plane made the rough landing, causing the plane to skid on the runway.
Was this genuine pilot error?
Some glitch in the controls?
I don't know, but in the Year of Our Lord 2023, where airlines are focused exclusively on hiring as many queer Muslim women of color instead of the best dang pilots in the skies, one has to wonder...