A tire explosion at Atlanta’s airport Tuesday morning sent metal flying through the air like a missile, killing two workers and seriously injuring a third.
Channel 2′s Tom Jones was at a Delta maintenance facility Tuesday afternoon, where the accident happened as employees worked on a wheel mechanism.
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The men who were killed were identified as Mirko Marweg, 58, of Stone Mountain and Luis Aldarondo, 37, of Newnan. The victim who was injured has not been identified.
People Jones spoke to said the tire was not mounted on an aircraft but was being prepared for transport. As workers began unloading the tire, it exploded, sending a metal piece flying through the shop and hitting the workers with lethal force.
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