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Post by tampaspicer on Aug 27, 2024 14:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by conchydong on Aug 27, 2024 15:10:34 GMT -5
Very sad news. May they rest in peace.
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Post by slough on Aug 27, 2024 16:46:11 GMT -5
Very sad indeed. I would guess not seating with flammable spray (either). That can burn you but should not be enough force to kill.
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Post by swampdog on Aug 27, 2024 16:50:35 GMT -5
Not sure what happened. When I worked for a trucking company (HS senior), we could only air a tire up if it was in a heavy cage or on the semi. I only saw one explode and it bent the cage slightly. Scary what one could do to a person.
Sad for the families and friends.
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Post by johngalt on Aug 27, 2024 18:10:20 GMT -5
If it was a main gear tire they are under a lot of pressure. If someone forgot to deflate it and mechs started disassembling the wheel then there would have been a disaster.
And no, you can’t kick the tire to see if it’s deflated. They are that hard.
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Post by Tarponator on Aug 27, 2024 21:02:14 GMT -5
The article says news reports say it was on the plane at the time, yet it also noted Delta said it occurred in the wheel shop. Those two statements seem at odds too me.
I tend to believe Delta that it happened in the tire & wheel shop, and kinda doubt their wheel guys use flame to seat tires much less while on a plane, but time will tell.
FWIW, I worked at that very facility many moons ago as a college student.
A sad situation, for sure.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Aug 28, 2024 9:43:45 GMT -5
I was working at Browns Ferry when a death occurred. The white washed version of what happened was very cute and to this day is used across the industry as OE. It definitely taught me that what actually happens and what the company says happened can be and usually are 2 very different events. I NEVER trust a company's official statement of things.
Edit: the official statement is usually very white washed and an attempt to limit negative public reaction and limit potential civil suit exposure
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Post by hig on Aug 28, 2024 11:45:31 GMT -5
When I was in the Navy, every time we recovered an aircraft the plane captains first job was to feel if the tires were hot and had been overheated by the brakes during landing. We were taught in no uncertain terms to approach the tire in the direction of the tread, never from the side because if the tire blew the flying rubber would be shrapnel. I never had one explode, but it was a lesson that stuck with me.
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Post by gogittum on Aug 29, 2024 16:42:30 GMT -5
I saw a split rim come apart in the steel cage at a tire shop in Palm Springs one day. It made one helluva bang. The tire was OK, but that split rim ring would've killed someone if it had not been restrained. It was my tire, too, off'n my dually shop truck.
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