BA A380 Lands with Square Tire

[Obba]

BA-32 Lands with Square Tire.






Incident: British Airways A388 enroute on May 5th 2016, the square tyre

[PDR1]

Novel idea, but I think a conventional parking brake or wheel chocks are a more practicable solution to the requirement.

[RAT 5]

First time I've seen a round peg in a square hole.

[RIGHTSEATKC135]

South Park: Canadian Square Wheels:



Please take no offense, as my son was a first officer for Air Canada for more than a few years.

[enola-gay]

Looks like my half empty water bottle after descending into LHR. Pressure differential phenomenon IMO, compounded by runway patting.

[bvcu]

Unbraked wheel on six wheeled bogie so not something you'd normally see !

[onetrack]

So, even AB are getting right into the cost-cutting, with a space-saver spare, nowadays??

[finncapt]

Are you sure it was BA, I thought they used tyres!!

[IBMJunkman]

Real life test

https://youtu.be/CIN8Q_4iaxU