Air India B772 at Tokyo on Jan 4th 2009, wheel fire after landing

An Air India Boeing 777-200, flight AI-306 (dep Jan 3rd) from New Delhi (India) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 231 passengers, was just turning off the runway after landing, when the tower observed flames from the right main gear of the airplane and activated emergency services, which quickly extinguished the fire. The right main gear tyres burst in the incident however.
The return flight AI-307 had to be cancelled.
10/01/09 Simon Hradecky/Avherald.com

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Categories: Air India - International Jan 2009, NACIL Jan 2009, Safety Jan 2009