Close shave for passengers as JetLite tyre bursts

Nagpur: All the 120 passengers on JetLite's Mumbai-Nagpur S2 112 flight had a providential escape on Saturday morning after one of the tyres on the nose-wheel deflated upon landing safely at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
"All the passengers are safe as the incident happened while the plane was taxiing towards the bay," said a JetLite spokesperson.
"The plane landed at its usual time at 8.25am but the return flight had to be rescheduled for 3.15pm." Since a spare tyre was not available at Nagpur, JetLite had to procure it from Bengaluru. "Due to this there was a six-hour delay on the return leg," added the spokesperson.
One of the passengers, requesting anonymity, told TOI that though the landing was safe it didn't seem "normal". "While on the bus to the terminus, I saw a pilot indicating to the technical staff to look at one of the nose-wheel tyres," he said.
"That's when I realised there was some problem." Airport sources confirmed that the commander of the plane noticed the deflated tyre only after landing.
21/02/10 Times of India

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