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What: Delta Boeing 767-300 en route from Salt Lake City to Paris
Where: Salt Lake International Airport
When: June 16, 2012. 7 pm
Who: 198 aboard
Why: On takeoff from salt Lake City, a left tire on the Delta flight blew. Pilots circled, performed a flyby and dumped fuel before they made a safe landing.

The plane was examined in the hanger, and passengers returned home when the flight was cancelled.

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