Crew Members - Smoke After Plane Lands In Atlanta - Passengers Evacuated After Boom

Delta Flight 2284 gets there inside Atlanta coming from Pittsburgh when some sort of enjoy studies some sort of "big boom"

A Delta established states that the brakes overheated, although a great FAA official pronounces a tire blew

None with the 44 passengers as well as 5 crew customers are damage and also many are evacuated

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Delta Air Lines Inc.

(CNN)Passengers ended up evacuated from a Delta aeroplanes once smoke cigars begun originating from the steering wheel area, following it arrived with Atlanta's airport terminal Saturday afternoon, a witnesses plus company standard said.

Flight 2284 have simply just showed up at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport from Pittsburgh, close to 4:14 p.m. should the occurrence occurred, claimed Delta spokeswoman Leslie Parker.

Parker mentioned the particular plane's brakes overheated, leading to smoke. According to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen, among the list of plane's tires blew out.

"After (the plane) stumbled there were a big boom, after which simply a new distinct smoke," Kalel Dunst, that saw that episode coming from a hotel space nearby, advised CNN. "It powered down the actual runway, as well as this fire became a lot bigger."

According for you to Parker, nothing with the 44 travellers or perhaps five crew people on this phone were injured. All had been securely evacuated and also bussed towards the terminal. She claimed some people left the aircraft by simply slides, though Bergen reported that they took the rear stairs.

The airplanes an MD 88 shall be applied for of company as well as evaluated, the particular Delta spokeswoman said.

CNN's Justin Lear contributed to that report.