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So? It's not like they needed it after takeoff.
Posted by: Rod | January 25, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Not a problem, the plane has way too many tires anyway.
Posted by: Capt. Roger Ovuer | January 25, 2024 at 01:16 PM
As a former aircraft mechanic, I've changed literally hundreds of wheel and tire assemblies and not one fell off. Someone screwed up badly for that to happen.
Posted by: JerryW | January 25, 2024 at 01:21 PM
That's what you get for not making sure all the bolts are tightened to spec!
Posted by: G. Crew | January 25, 2024 at 01:46 PM
That'll be the last time Delta hires a mechanic with "NASCAR pit crew" experience on their resume.
Posted by: Petroni | January 25, 2024 at 02:06 PM
Passengers interviewed later said they were completely satisfied when Delta compensated them for the inconvenience with a free 1 ounce bag of pretzels and a non-alcoholic beverage.
Posted by: Dr. Pangloss | January 25, 2024 at 02:44 PM
The people sent to retrieve the tire was glad that it didn't roll all the way out to the Interstate.
Another airline just added a "all tires present for the whole flight fee"
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | January 25, 2024 at 03:51 PM
Which is more important, a door or a front tire? Inquiring minds want to know...
Posted by: LeDud | January 25, 2024 at 04:37 PM
If it's Boeing, I ain't going.
Posted by: Steverino | January 25, 2024 at 04:54 PM
Back in the Dark Ages when I was at Cornell, I was waiting for a flight from Ithaca to NYC on Mohawk Airlines (now part of American). The plane (a BAC 1-11?) landed and blew the nose wheel, and taxied to the terminal with a flat tire. The mechanics were on strike, so the pilot jacked up the plane and changed the tire. There are more bolts than a car but it's not that complicated; how do you leave enough of them loose or missing so that the wheel falls off?
Posted by: Ralph | January 25, 2024 at 09:21 PM
There was an extra delay while the copilot dug the jack out from under the luggage compartment.
Posted by: padraig | January 26, 2024 at 08:31 AM
Looks like that plane needs to be (puts on sunglasses) retired.
Posted by: MAC | January 26, 2024 at 08:41 PM