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Passenger Jet’s Tires Blow Out in Rough Landing Emergency

The plane had been in the air for more than seven hours.

A passenger plane has landed so hard that its rear tyres burst and a toilet door snapped off, according to an eyewitness. LATAM Flight 2482 was arriving at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport from Lima, Peru, on Tuesday night, when all of its rear tyres blew during the landing procedure, according to an initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration. Fox5 reports that the 17-year-old Boeing 767-300ER ultimately landed safely after its more than seven-hour journey, but tyre failures meant emergency services were quickly on the scene around the jet. Speaking to WSB-TV2, a passenger said, “the entire aircraft was shaking, a wheel was rattling, and the bathroom door came off.” Another passenger, Liza Karseno, told the station, “We were landing fine, and then it sounded like, or felt like, the wheels had popped off.” No injuries have been reported at the time of writing, although footage from the scene shows significant damage to the rear landing gear. The Daily Beast has contacted LATAM for more information on the incident.