QF A380 blows tyres on landing at YSSY

[Matt_L]

As at now 2254 plane is still on runway 16R.

As for the extra noise- serves Albanese right:P

[Gerard M]

From over the radio just now, not a direct quote but something along the lines of "blew a couple of tyres, axle twisted and gauged into the runway". "sitting on it until about 4 oclock."

[Matt_L]

copied and noted

cheers

[Nadia B-J]

G'day,

I was flying in from ADL on DJ 437 (7377) @ 20.25hrs and saw many emergency vehicles surrounding the QF A380 on the runway.

T'was a sight you couldn't miss whilst returning to the gate.

Whilst disembarking from the rear stairs, the DJ ground staff confirmed the story above as true.

Am sure the media will be orgasmic with this event.... oh dear!

[Brian Wilkes]

Any of the nights freight ops disrupted due to this?

[Greg McDonald]

Originally Posted by Dan Hammond

Just wait till this one hits the news reels. Anyone think we might see in a news report a passenger fearing for their life story?

Ask and ye shall receive.....

From NEWS.COM.AU

FLAMES shot out from the undercarriage of a Qantas A380 last night when two tyres burst as it landed at Sydney Airport - the second emergency involving the airline in the past 48 hours.

A worker at the airport told The Daily Telegraph he heard a huge roar and then flames coming from under plane.

"I thought there was a serious crash, there were sparks and flames shooting out everywhere," he said.

"And the noise was deafening, like cannons going off.

"I really thought something catastrophic had happened."

The 241 passengers on board QF32 from London via Singapore were stranded on the tarmac for nearly two hours before being bussed to the terminal to meet anxious relatives.

"We saw from the observation deck and when it touched down the left wheel burst into flames and there were sparks and fire from the left-hand side and there was black smoke and when it went down the runway it stopped," said Mr Wayne Morris, 58, who was waiting for his wife Maria to arrive from a London holiday.
" The control tower said on the radio that all the tyres were blown.

"I was very concerned because you don't expect to see flames from a plane and after the engineers went on strike it makes you ask the question about safety."

The incident comes after a Singapore-bound Qantas 747 was forced to return to Sydney Airport on Tuesday evening due to engine troubles.

Passengers on last night's flight said the landing seemed routine at first.

Ramy Filo, 48 said it was only after the the landing that she realised that the situation could have been dangerous.

"At the time it happened I was not scared but in hindsight you realise anything could of happened," she said.

Michelle Coffman, 39, from London, was travelling with her two daughters to vist her parents in Sydney.

"It seemed like a safe landing then we heard the tyres went down to the metal," she said.

[Michael Rychter]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

... so it may have started to turn off the runway but not quite made it (possibly the Alpha 4 Rapid).

One of my fellow workmates who witnessed it as well said that he thought the A380 landed quite heavily. I presume that this could have been the reason for the blowout??

So, the inference is that he rolled off onto a taxiway a bit too quickly???

[Sarah C]

Originally Posted by Brian Wilkes

Thats it time to retire the thing to Mojave!

Yeah, it is a danger every time you get on one!!

[Bernie P]

Was on EK419 at the hold for 16th and saw it from 32k. Looked freaky. More later when I get to Dubai.

[Philip Argy]

I'd have thought towing the disabled a/c off 16R/34L would be a higher priority. Was there some reason it couldn't be moved?

One of the earlier posts suggested the runway was gouged by a broken axle - is that correct and would that delay a tow?

16R is in use now so I assume whatever gouging occurred was minor?

Also, one report says pax were kept on the a/c for two hours and another says the stairs were taken to the a/c within 30 minutes - which is correct, or are they both correct?