近日，在哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊亚特兰大国际机场（Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport），一架达美航空（Delta Air Lines）的飞机轮胎在更换过程中发生爆炸，导致两人死亡，另有一人重伤。
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此次事故发生在当地时间周二凌晨5点过后，地点位于机场的维护区域。据报道，遇难者包括一名达美航空的员工和一名承包商。第三名受伤人员目前正在接受治疗，伤势严重。
这架波音757飞机于周日晚从拉斯维加斯抵达亚特兰大，根据航班跟踪数据显示，事故发生前，这架飞机在周日当天完成了从坦帕到亚特兰大再到拉斯维加斯的四次短途飞行。
达美航空的技术运营部（Delta TechOps）负责所有公司飞机的维护，而亚特兰大则是其全球总部，负责全球200多条航线的服务。然而，这次事件发生在几个月后，达美航空的另一架波音飞机在同一机场起飞时发生了前轮脱落的事故。
达美航空技术运营部总裁兼首席运营官约翰·劳特（John Laughter）在周二早上向员工发布的一份通知中表示，这一悲剧对所有人来说都是“令人心碎的”。
他在通知中说道：“我非常难过地分享，今天早上在亚特兰大的轮胎和制动器维修车间发生了一起事故，三名技术运营团队成员受到牵连。”
[xyz-ihs snippet=”GoogleADresponsive”]劳特还强调了安全和健康的重要性，并鼓励员工相互照顾，并表示资源将继续留在现场，随时为有需要的员工提供帮助。同时，达美航空也提供24/7的心理咨询服务，以支持受影响的员工。
达美航空在一份声明中表示：“达美航空大家庭对失去两名团队成员和另一个人的受伤深感悲痛。在这个极其困难的时刻，我们向他们的家人和同事提供了全力支持。”
尽管发生了这一悲剧，机场的航班进出并未受到影响。达美航空承诺将与当地当局合作，展开调查以查明事故原因。
亚特兰大市长安德烈·狄更斯（Andre Dickens）也在周二早上发表声明，确认了这一悲剧，并向受害者的家属和亲人表示深切的哀悼。他还对受伤者表达了关切，希望他们能早日康复。
这一悲剧发生在达美航空几个月前的一起事故后，当时一架从同一机场起飞的达美飞机在起飞时丢失了前轮。此外，近几个月来，波音飞机还接连发生了其他令人担忧的事件，包括一架波音737突然下降到离地不到500英尺，以及阿拉斯加航空公司一架波音737在飞行中发生门塞失效事件。
波音公司最近同意支付2.436亿美元，以避免因两起致命的737 Max坠机事件而面临刑事诉讼审判。
根据协议，波音公司将对因2018年10月在印度尼西亚和不到五个月后在埃塞俄比亚发生的两起坠机事件导致的刑事欺诈指控认罪。这两起事故共导致346人死亡。
来源: 华人生活网
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Two people have been killed after a plane tyre exploded while it was being changed at the world’s busiest airport.
A Delta employee and contractor were killed, and a third seriously injured, while changing a Delta Airlines plane tyre at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.
The freak incident occurred at the maintenance facility where they work on Delta planes.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at 5am on Tuesday local time where two people were confirmed dead.
“The Delta family is heartbroken at the loss of two team members and the injury of another following an incident this morning at the Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility,” Delta said in a statement to the New York Post.
“We have extended our full support to family members and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time.”
“I heard an explosion behind me and saw my co-workers running away from the direction of the explosion,” a witness told the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, according to their witness statements.
[xyz-ihs snippet=”In-article-ads”]“I walked toward where the explosion occurred and saw a body lying face down, not moving, with blood all around.”
The aircraft appears to be a Boeing 757 and is one of the oldest in the Delta fleet.
Before the explosion, the plane travelled from Las Vegas to Atlanta on Sunday.
Delta has vowed to work with local investigators to determine what went wrong. The cause of the explosion is unknown.
It is the latest fatal incident at a US airport this month.
Woman dies after getting trapped in baggage conveyor belt
Earlier this month a woman died at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after becoming entangled in the conveyor belt system used for transporting luggage.
The Chicago Fire Department had been called after reports a person was “pinned in machinery”.
According to ABC news, the woman, in her 40s, was a member of the public.
When emergency services arrived, they found a dead woman “entangled in the conveyor belt system used to move baggage”, officials said.
Source: NZ Herlad
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