Indian waiting for tyre report

Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) officials in New Delhi are still awaiting a final report from Bahrain's Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) about an incident where nails were found imbedded in its aircraft tyre at the Bahrain International Airport.
Four nails were found embedded in a tyre of the airline's aircraft minutes before it was to take off from Bahrain on January 2.
Bahrain-based engineers from the airline discovered the five-inch-long nails during a final check before departure, averting what an airline official described as a "potential disaster".
"The issue is of the highest concern and needs a full investigation," said Dubai-based regional director Pankaj Srivastava.
Mr Srivastava, who is in Bahrain to preside over a ceremony to felicitate the airline's top passenger and cargo agents, says though debris on the tarmac is common all over the world, what is of importance is that it needs to be cleared.
"We have received a preliminary report which says the nails were perhaps dropped by another aircraft, but we are awaiting a final word," he told the GDN.
The nails were detected minutes before Flight IC997 was to take off from Bahrain for Doha, en route to Calicut and Cochin, in southern India.
17/03/07 Mandeep Singh/Gulf Daily News, Bahrain

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