A Delta Air Lines flight to Portland, Ore. that blew a tire on take off has landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
According to Delta spokesman Anthony Black, the plane was scheduled to take off at 11:14 a.m.
The plane blew a tire during take off and "as a precautionary measure, the captain elected to return to the airport," Black said.
The plane apparently was circling over Alabama before landing at Hartsfield around 3 p.m.
The plane "landed without incident," Black said. "We'll tow the aircraft to the gate and work to reschedule customers to Portland. We’ll work to determine if we can do a tire change and get the aircraft back out soon."
Spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said there was nothing to suggest Flight 1457 is in trouble.
"Flight crews are trained to handle a wide range of contingencies, so the crew knew was it was doing, knew what to anticipate and was well prepared to land with a blown tire," Bergen told WSB Radio.
Bergen said incidents like this one happen "every day in the national airspace system."
"We have tens of thousands of airline flights, corporate jet flights, even private flights, and pilots are trained to land when they have a problem with the landing gear or a blown tire," she told WSB Radio.
Bergen also pointed out that airliners have multiple tires on each piece of landing gear -- so if only one tire is blown, there are others that can help the plane land safely.
Flight 1457 took off at 5:17 p.m. and is expected to land in Portland at 7:28 p.m., according to Delta's Web site.
Staff writers Christian Boone and Rhonda Cook contributed to this article.
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