Cargo aircraft suffers tyre burst while landing

Chennai: A freighter aircraft landing at Chennai airport suffered a tyre blast on Wednesday morning as chief minister M Karunanidhi was waiting on board another flight which was about to take off to Coimbatore. There was no other damage to the aircraft.
The Blue Dart freighter was landing on the main runway at 8.20am when one of the tyres on the main carriage burst. The pilot brought the aircraft under control. An Indigo Airlines flight from Delhi was told to go round because the authorities wanted to clean the runway of tyre pieces. An Air Arabia flight which was about to depart was delayed by 30 minutes.
Sources said that the Blue Dart flight vacated the runway by itself and was later towed to its bay in the cargo terminal of the airport.
30/03/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2011, Cargo Mar 2011, Safety Mar 2011