A tire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India bound for Paris, France, burst during takeoff from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in Delhi, India, on Friday. The incident caused the crew to return to the airport.
The aircraft landed safely without further incident, and the airline worked to arrange a replacement plane. The flight eventually made it to Paris but arrived nearly eight hours past its original scheduled arrival time.
Flightradar24.com data indicates that the aircraft, VT-NAA, is a 787-8 and operated as Air India flight 143 (AI143) from Delhi to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). The plane departed on schedule at 12:55 and then took off from runway 28R at 13:22. According to a statement from an Air India spokesperson obtained by the Times of India, air traffic controllers (ATC) reportedly noticed debris on the runway after the aircraft departed and informed the pilots.
VT-NAA headed west and reached an altitude of 12,000 feet at approximately 13:28. Five minutes later, the aircraft entered a holding pattern and descended to 11,000 feet. The practice is also known as a scheme to kill time while in the air and can be instructed by ATC for various reasons.According to The Aviation Herald, AI143 entered a hold to dump fuel as the aircraft was too heavy to safely land. Approximately 28 minutes after VT-NAA started its holding course, the aircraft descended further to 9,000 feet. Then, a few minutes after 14:00, the crew exited the holding pattern and descended to 3,000 feet before lining up to land on runway 11.
31/07/2023 Channing Reid/Simple Flying
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