UA840 20/10

[Grahame Hutchison]

This is what today's flights look like now, plenty of holding to the north, south and east. The north-south track off the coast between YSSY and the holding pattern to the east at SHARK, will be UA840.

[JamesL]

There were plenty of ground delays in MEL, MEL_GND went to pushback slots, had one aircraft push but get pulled back on to the bay...TT had a 2 hour ground delay.

[John Lush]

Just wondering why 16L/34R was not used to ease the congestion?

[JamesL]

Because of crossing traffic.

[Alex T]

One of Australian Aviation's readers photo's of UA840's tyre blow out - http://australianaviation.com.au/201...-tyre-failure/

[Philip Argy]

The linked photos seem to have been taken from a boat anchored to the west of 34L - certainly very good timing!. Curious that the tyres apparently blew so early in the takeoff run too. Doesn't that suggest that they ran over some debris on the runway?

[Philip Argy]

Can anyone advise us whether it is usual for a tyre to blow so early on a takeoff roll?

[Jayden Laing]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

The linked photos seem to have been taken from a boat anchored to the west of 34L - certainly very good timing!.

It looks to have been taken from either the very end of the beach carpark or the from the breakwater just under the old control tower! Certainly not taken from a boat (too elevated)!

[Philip Argy]

From the angle and elevation it must be the breakwater, then - well spotted, Jayden.

[Hugh Jarse]

Philip, it's not really usual for tyres to blow at any particular stage of the takeoff (or landing) sequence. It's just the luck of the draw. The reasons are endless, from foreign object damage to overheating to production fault, tread separation, etc, just to name a few.

Good to see they continued and sorted it out airborne. Well done to the crew