[Letitring]

That's not right. Did they run out of runway? Why did they use emergency equipment to get out of the plane? This doesn't make sense. I know Fedex pilots can be hotdoggers, but this is ridiculous.

[NCjim]

My guess would be they slammed it down so hard that the tires popped - the undercarriage will take that abuse but not the tires. And the crew would bail as there was probably lots of smoke and sparks.

[Indie]

We'll never know for sure, but it sounds to me like someone told them to get the wheels on the ground yesterday and get the heck out of the plane, thus the hard landing. Just a guess.