Take Off Abort?
Event was at 19.10 local time. Airplane was 4R-ALA A 330 Sri Lankan. Firebrigade reported at least one tire on fire, others very hot. The plane came to stop on rwy 16 about 300-400m before intersection 28, so rwys 14 and 28 were clear and unobstructed. In spite of that two Avros got ordered to go around on 14 but Zurich tower explained the situation, that fire brigade was busy with the Airbus incident and not able to care about other traffic. So the Airport was closed. I was #4 in line for Beron 4Y Departure on rwy 28. We shut down one engine to save fuel during the "indefinite delay"... so did the BA and AF in front of us.
Luckily nobody was injured, as I guess. Better stay on the ground with a problem, than take it in the air, if you are slow yet...
Somebody knows, if the gear problem was the cause or the result of the abort? They had more than 1000m runway left, does the A 330 abort automatically or has the captain any influence on the braking intensity?