Aviation Ping!.................
Why is everyone running through the snow in a mad dash like the plane is about to blow? What is going on?
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If there was a possible fire, I’d haul ass, too. Seems normal to me.
Surely not another Boeing screw up?🙄
Don’t
Ever
Leave
The
Airport
Is that smoke near the tail of the plane by the emergency service vehicle?
Hard to tell, as the person recording pans the phone around, there’s some snow haze around, but near the plane it looks darker.
Jane Fonda wanted the plane to herself
Had to call relative whose spouse is a Delta pilot based in ATL. Luckily, their flight out today was postponed 3 times and ultimately cancelled. They had snow on the ground, with ice under it. Most schools and businesses including medical clinics were being closed today, as of a couple days ago. Hope it melts there soon!
Did TSA ticket them for being on the tarmac without proper security passes?
Looks like the Starboard (Right) main gear are not extended. Unless the Aircraft has gone off the side of the runway.
Delta Air Lines Evacuated due to engine fire causing aborted takeoff. Atlanta, GA pic.twitter.com/bLVlDE70Xq— Yvonne C (@yreid68) January 10, 2025
Good point on the site! “Why is everybody running”?
A passenger auto has braking measured in the hundreds of pounds. Aircraft have braking measured in the millions of pounds.
Aborted takeoffs have an extreme amount of pressure exerted on the brakes to stop the aircraft. Brake shoes often turn to a red or white hot temperature. The likelihood of a fire (metal fire) is very high and the aircraft brakes usually have to be monitored or cooled with water for hours.
Expediting passengers off of the plane is a safety priority.
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.
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.
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.