Plane from India suffers tyre burst at Chiang Mai airport

Chiang Mai : Chiang Mai International Airport was closed for four hours yesterday after a minor accident in which a Hong Kong-bound airplane's tyre burst on take-off. There were no injuries in the accident which happened about 1pm.
The right tyre of a Cessna 525 Citation two-seat private aircraft, operated by US-based John Mills Aviation Service Co, burst. The plane was piloted by its owner, John Mills, and his co-pilot.
The blow-out caused the pilot to briefly lose control and the plane then blocked the runway.
The charter aircraft had flown from Kolkata in India and had made a stop-over in Chiang Mai to refuel. Its final destination was Hong Kong.
Officials from Wing 41 airbase in Chiang Mai and Thai Airways technicians managed to move the aircraft from the runway at 3pm. The airport was temporarily closed to allow this.
Airport director Wing Commander Suthara Huangsuwan said up to 11 flights were delayed for around four hours before the airport resumed operations at 4.30pm.
19/04/07 Cheewin Sattha & Subin Khuenkaew/Bangkok Post, Thailand

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