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Old 25th July 2008 | 17:03
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birrddog
 
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A birdie told me....

Was not taking notes so please forgive any inconsistencies in my summary.

A bird strike in one of the engines in the A330 caused the pilot to perform a rejected take off. Due to the ambient temperature in Delhi (>40deg Cel) and the high speed and pressure from the breaking action caused the brakes to overheat and the tires to catch fire.

After the RTO the Tower informed the pilot that there was smoke emanating form the under carriage and the pilot ordered a complete evacuation whilst the fire department put out the fire.

The engine contained the strike though will need to be replaced.

Aircraft is the only 330 at MU and is expected to be out of service for about a month whilst it gets a new engine and the undercarriage is repaired.

CNN had some video footage at Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
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