I say KLM-MD11
I do think you appreciate what happens from an Airside Ops point of view when dealing with Burst Tyres. In this case the Ethiopian did clear the runway which was first of all good news. The problem were the burst tyres, now normally when an aircraft tyre bursts it is normally the tread that detaches itself and these are normally big pieces which can be retrieved in 2 to 3 mins and the runway is then given back to ATC as being available.
In this case 2 tyres were totally shredded with debris from AB12 to A7.
We had approx 8 ops vehicles, 3 sweepers and 4 street kings ( small sweepers) working their buts off to get the runway back. All in all a 45 minute closure was not that bad considering the mess. As you can see from the picture the wheel was on its rims so it would not have been a quick tow anyway as a jack up and tyre chnage was required. He also lost hydraulics which meant the area had to be cleaned as well before you pilots start reporting the taxiway as slippery.
Perhaps its best to ask the question in not such a scarcastic manner in future.
Last edited by southern duel; 20th May 2008 at 09:03.