Two workers killed and a third injured in an explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — Two employees have been killed and one other critically injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Strains upkeep facility close to the Atlanta airport.

Delta mentioned it was working with native authorities to research what occurred on the wheel and brake store.

WSB-TV reported {that a} tire on a aircraft exploded. The tv station cited unnamed sources.

A number of Atlanta fireplace models and police responded to the upkeep hangar close to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport shortly after 5 a.m., The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported.

“The Delta household is heartbroken on the lack of two crew members and the harm of one other following an incident this morning on the Atlanta Technical Operations Upkeep facility,” Delta mentioned in a press release. “We’ve prolonged our full help to members of the family and colleagues throughout this extremely tough time.”

Delta thanked first responders and medical groups.

“We at the moment are working with native authorities and conducting a full investigation to find out what occurred,” the Atlanta-based airline mentioned.

The power the place the accident occurred is a part of Delta TechOps, which performs upkeep, restore and overhaul work for Delta and greater than 150 aviation and airline prospects all over the world.

The president of TechOps, Delta Government Vice President John Laughter, mentioned in a observe to employees that the airline will make counselors out there to speak to workers.

“We’re all on this collectively, and we’ll get by means of this by supporting one another,” he mentioned.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens posted on X to supply his condolences to kin of the victims.

The Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Employees, which is attempting to arrange 20,000 floor employees at largely nonunion Delta, known as on the airline and authorities “to shortly launch an intensive investigation into how this occurred.”