Does anyone have more details about this reject T/O in Lagos on Jan 13?
Must be a high speed reject to blow some tires.
http://ndn.nigeriadailynews.com/templates/?z=8&a=22348
Air France re-route passengers stranded in Lagos
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - Wole Shadare
ONE of Europe's mega carriers, Air France had its passengers stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, following technical problems which damaged the tyres of its aircraft. The pilot was said to have consequently aborted take-off.
Following the problem, the airline accommodated all the passengers in Eko Hotels, including 48 passengers from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
One of Air France's officials, Mr. Toyin Alaran, in a statement made available to journalists yesterday said, "There was a "Technical no go" on the Lagos Murtarla Muhammed Airport runway when Air France flight AF855 was taking off on January 11.
"No risk taken, pilots decided to interrupt the taking off. With such a strong breaking, few tyres were damaged and need now to be replaced by new ones about to arrive from Paris this afternoon with some technicians. All passengers were accommodated in Eko Hotel, including 48 passengers from Port Harcourt."
Alaran disclosed that all the passengers had been re-routed on Air France and KLM flights tonight (yesterday) and on some other airlines flights from Port Harcourt and Lagos.
The carrier had recently re-organised its operations to Nigeria with flights streamlined as Paris-Lagos-Port-Harcourt, using Boeing 777-300 aircraft.
In its maidem operations on the new route, the airline said it would now combine the Paris-Lagos flight, with the direct Paris-Port Harcourt flight previously operated with an Airbus 319 aircraft.
According to the airline, the new wide-body aircraft is configured with eight First Class seats; 67 Business Class seats; and 250 Economy Class seats.
This, it said, would help the airline to meet additional capacity, particularly in cargo demand.
"The flights will operate via Lagos, while departures from Paris de Gaulle will be at Terminal 2E.
"The wide-body Boeing 777-300 on the Port Harcourt route offers improved services such as a tri-class cabin with First, Business and Economy classes, improved baggage allowance (two pieces of luggage weighing less than 23kgs each in Economy class, instead of previous 20 kgs allowance), personal in-flight entertainment in all cabins and all products and services of Air France's international long haul standards," the statement read in part