Latam Blows all 08 Tires after landing in Atlanta | Boeing 767

On 6 January 2026 at approximately 19:35, a LATAM Airlines Chile Boeing 767-316ER (WL), manufactured in 2008, operating scheduled passenger Flight LA2482 from Lima–Jorge Chávez International Airport to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, experienced a severe hard landing during the landing phase on Runway 26R. The incident resulted in the blowout of all eight main landing gear tires. There were 240 occupants on board, and the aircraft sustained minor damage.

Eight Main Tires Failed

Reporting describes the landing as unusually severe but does not establish a final investigative cause. The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300 operated by LATAM Airlines Chile, and the flight was scheduled from Lima to Atlanta.

All eight main landing-gear tires failed during the landing rollout. Contemporary reporting noted that the tires burst or melted and that the aircraft came to a stop safely. The number of occupants reported was 240, with no further injuries reported.

FOX 5 Atlanta later quoted an expert who said a brake problem could have contributed to the tire failures. No final investigative finding establishing that explanation is identified in the sources reviewed.

The landing was hard enough to cause all eight main tires to fail. The aircraft stopped safely, and the occupants were reported safe. The reports reviewed do not describe a runway excursion or fire.

Later reporting raised a possible brake-related explanation, but that remains an expert assessment rather than a final investigative conclusion.

The aircraft was reported to have sustained only minor damage. No final investigation finding establishes that the tire failure resulted from a specific mechanical defect, so no definitive cause is assigned.

The eight-tire failure occurred during the landing phase rather than during taxi or takeoff. The aircraft stopped safely, and the available sources report no further injuries among the 240 occupants.

The event is therefore reconstructed as a hard-landing tire-failure incident, without assigning an unverified mechanical cause.

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