WHBM, our arrival in Honolulu turned into a bit of a drama! We just managed to take off from Winnipeg before it closed at 2300, but when it opened the following morning they found wheel and tyre wreckage on the runway. Shortly before our top of descent into Honolulu we were asked for our tyre and wheel details. After frantic searching through our electronic tech manuals the Flight Engineer found the details, which confirmed the wreckage found at Winnipeg was from a DC8, so we were held while the early morning rush of inbounds from the USA landed. Our landing felt very smooth until we slowed down, then the graunching started. Qantas towed us to the terminal, but the outbound crew were not allowed to visit the aircraft, so the Flight Engineer and both pilots fitted two new rear mainwheels, assisted by Qantas. It appeared we had lost one rear main wheel off the port side, later confirmed by Winnipeg, parts of the broken wheel had hit the adjacent rear wheel and destroyed the tyre. Then we went downtown to the hotel around lunchtime. After a few beers, and a couple of hours sleep we flew to Los Angeles in a United 747, first class with only 6 or 7 deadheading United 747 Cabin Crew as the other pax in the downstairs front cabin.They took us out for a few drinks in Reina del Mar, LA before we left on BA, totally knackered.
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