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This morning, Delta Airlines searching for answers after two employees were killed on the job inside the airline's maintenance facility on the Atlanta airport grounds. A third worker is being treated for serious injuries. 1775 to 3 crews are rushing to the Delta wheel and brake shop early Tuesday morning. The airline says employees were working on tire when the wheel component suddenly ruptured Delta describing it as a heartbreaking accident. It killed 58 year old Merkel Marwick and 37 year old Luis Al Dorando. It was away from the main airplanes. You have this high pressure, big piece of metal, big piece of rubber and if it fails for some reason, catastrophically can cause damage and injury to people nearby. A Delta employee describing the chilling in to first responders saying quote, I walked toward where the explosion occurred and saw a body line face down, not moving with blood all around the accident. Investigators will probably look at the two metal rims around that tire and look for some sort of a fatigue failure. Was that airplane old? Was that tire old or was it somehow some part of the way that the tire was put together that caused this mishap. And the FAA says it is aware of this deadly incident. It's communicating with Delta as these investigations continue faith. A bube ABC News Atlanta.