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Delta Flats Land in Atlanta


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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Denver to Atlanta
Where: Denver
When: Jun 24th 2011
Who: 159 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On takeoff, the flight blew two tires.

Pilots continued to Atlanta where they made a safe landing on the blown tires. After landing, the plane stopped on the runway, the tires replaced, and then the flight continued to the gate, when passengers disembarked normally.

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