DL blows tire, returns to JFK
 

Forbes.com just reports : "Delta Air Lines Flight 141 was bound for Salt Lake City on Tuesday afternoon when it blew out a tire on takeoff from the Queens airport. Passengers say they heard a loud explosion and started praying."
Seems everyone is o.k. Like the dramatic reporting style as usual..............

Actually a passenger from that flight was sitting next to me on DL73 later same night and said exactly that, loud explosion and people praying.

Unsurprising
 

Given that Salt Lake City is the spiritual home of the Mormon community I suppose it's to be expected that a number of them would be on the flight and would pray loudly and continuously!

So, an a/c takes off, blows one of its 10 tires then lands.

Ill call the BBC!
:ugh:

as america is quite free in terms of religion, I imagine all faiths were praying,not just mormons

by the way, the 737 800 can't dump fuel...published article are wrong

Hard to believe that a thoroughly researched news story written by professional "journalists" would be wrong about an aviation related subject.

Or could it be just another example of a hack story written on the back of a napkin using the MSU (make *hit up) method of standard hack journalism?

I've a related dumb question (this is Spotters' Cornet after all).

Why return after a blown tyre? If you have to land with a damaged tyre anyway, couldn't you land at the destination?

could be more than just a blown tire