Watch: Delta flight in Atlanta has to abort takeoff, passengers evacuated using slides

Not The Bee ^ | January 10, 2025 | Staff

[Flaming Conservative]

Maybe not, but why is it all Boeing planes that are troubled?

[Seaplaner]

The crew did the right thing and only a few minor injuries.

Boeing does not make the engines, and the A/C is likely pretty advanced in years. I suspect that it's a maintenance issue, little harm, possibly a teachable moment.

[Drago]

Aborted take-offs result in extremely hot brakes that sometimes smoke/display a few flames. Airport fire trucks roll on aborted take-offs to hit the landing gear/brakes with some water to cool ‘em down.

[norwaypinesavage]

I had a somewhat experience many years back. After landing at Reagan airport in Washington DC, the pilot announced that the brakes had overheated and we had to move to a remote location on the airport to let them cool safely where we were not around any ground crews. After about 10 minutes, or so, we heard a loud bang, and the airplane listed to the side slightly.

The pilot then announced a tire had blown out from the heat, and we would have to wait some more to get the landing gear inspected to see if we could move safely. After another long wait, the pilot said we could safely move to the gate, where disembarked normally.

An aborted take-off would have the same problem, especially with an engine out, all of the airplane speed has to be absorbed by the brakes, not with engine braking. In this case, it may not have even been possible to even move the airplane with the engines, so the passengers had to use the evacuation slides.
On any takeoff, there’s always a runway position and speed after which you cannot safely stop the airplane without running off the end of the runway. Brake heating is a factor in that location.