Gibair.
The aicraft suffered a tyre busrt at V1
The crew heard and felt the bang so aborted.
During the Hi Speed rejection 5 of the other 7 tyres burst ( same union I guess
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We got the call at Luton and two immediate problems - The Palma El Commandante was screaming for us to get the aircraft off the runway and second how the hell to move 400 pax in the season
Well pulled 3 BAC 1-11's off the line and removed all the seats from one and put them into the other two and they winged off their merry way. The empty aircraft we loaded with wheels, jacks and tooling and set off in hot pursuit.
As the L1011 was at one end of the runway they were still using the remaining length so after we landed we put the seats into the 3rd BAC and then set to retrieving the L1011. Quite a night !!
