Another emergency landing

Gerard M · #1 26th May 2009, 05:35 PM

Good job for the paper for realizing other airliners other than Qantas have issues!!

Quote:

Virgin Blue flight makes emergency landing after tyre bursts

May 26, 2009 - 4:29PM
A Sydney-to-Gold Coast Virgin Blue flight has made an emergency landing in Brisbane amid fears of an "engineering" fault.
The 160 people on flight DJ523 landed safely this afternoon after a nose tyre burst on take-off in Sydney.

Full story, at http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...0526-blp2.html

Philip Argy · #2 26th May 2009, 06:15 PM

Some reports claim the nose wheel tyre burst on takeoff; others say that after landing in Brisbane without incident, a main wheel tyre was found to be damaged and was replaced.

Given the incident free landing I assume that the nosewheel tyre had not burst on takeoff, so where did that information come from?

Gerard M · #3 26th May 2009, 06:20 PM

I read somewhere else that the staff at the Gold Coast were retrieving FOD (is it FOD - foreign object debris?) off the runway after it landed. But then again, it is the papers reporting here Philip.
If it burst on take-off, what would have caused it? more FOD?

Stephen B · #4 26th May 2009, 10:58 PM

A big well done to the pilots! And to whoever spotted the rubber in Sydney. Nice to see a report of the system working with a good result at the end.