body of Delta Airlines worker who died in Tire explosion was unrecognizable sun says Associated p r the body of a worker who died Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Airlines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport was unrecognizable and the family relied on tattoos and a lanyard to ident ify him his son told a news Outlet merar WG 58 was among two workers who died while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake shop a third worker was seriously injured below are your comments I flew across this country on Monday and I'm always so very grateful to all the workers on the tarma see the mechanics everyone involved with getting people from one place to another safely I'm so sorry for these men again though a heartfelt thanks from a traveler glad to see an article that was not 90% about Boeing's failures an explosion in a tire shop is an occupational safety issue tens of thousands of these Wheel and Tire assemblies are in use but as with truck and tractor tires people make mistakes and sometimes designs fail my sincere condolences to the family and friends on the loss of their loved ones I hope the injured person makes a full recovery so sad the one Gentleman Just months away from retirement after 20 years I was inflating a straight Truck Tire in a tire cage it came apart and destroyed the steel cage another time I inflated a truck tire let it sit in a different cage for 10 minutes after feeling safe about it I rolled it around back of the shop where the truck was I started in on the next tire for the truck about 10 minutes later I heard an explosion in back of the shop the new tire had failed and had launched across the yard towards the landlord of the neighboring show oh P he was up on a ladder working on his building it didn't hit him but it sure scared him these tires were smaller than airplane tires so I understand what an airplane tire could do it's scary for sure sounds like the wheel wasn't deflated prior to disassembly aircraft main wheels are split rims inner and outer halves held together by a couple dozen bolt nut combinations which are torqued in a specific sequence to PR a vent asymmetric loads to the rim the wheels must be manufactured this way because the tires are very thick and can't be installed lick ecar type tires these May wheels are often pressurized to over 200 PSI please subscribe to my channel and if you like it please thumbs up