Not the first time
My parents had the doubtsome experience to see the KQ 757 taking off from Bujumbura in July 1990 with me in it. A second or two after rotation - one of the main wheels came jumping down the runway.
It was a flight to Kigali and when arriving overhead Kigali - still at cruise level we were informed that there was a problem "with one of the tyres".
After another 20 minutes of flying we landed in Kigali, and spend 8-9 hours there waiting for a new wheel and repair.
It was the entire wheel - rim and tyre - on the right main gear that was gone - I saw it myself.
Anyway the repair was done and we managed to get to Nairobi in time to catch our connecting flight to London.
Last edited by JEP; 25th Jan 2011 at 11:02.