Saudi B743 at Mumbai on Jul 4th 2009, burst tyres on landing

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-300, registration HZ-AIT performing flight SV-744 from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to Mumbai (India), burst the #2 (forward inner) and #3 (rear outer) tyres of the left hand main gear while touching down on Mumbai's runway 27 at 18:24 local (12:54Z) in heavy monsoon rains, slowed down safely and exited the runway stopping on the adjacent taxiway.
The passengers disembarked normally onto the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal, before the airplane was towed to the apron.
The runway was closed for 40 minutes until the runway was inspected and the tyre debris collected.
04/07/09 Simon Hradecky/The Aviation Herald

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009, Foreign Jul 2009, Safety Jul 2009