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Old 31st Jul 2017, 22:15
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Incident: Etihad A346 at Mumbai on Jul 31st 2017, burst tyre on landing

An Etihad Airbus A340-600, registration A6-EHI performing flight EY-204 from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Mumbai (India) with 196 passengers and 13 crew,landed on Mumbai's runway 27 but burst a number of tyres during roll out. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway and was disabled.

The airport reported they needed to move operations to the secondary runway while the A340 being stuck at about the mid point of the runway was being prepared for tow until it could be towed off the runway.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours, then departed for the return flight EY-203 with a delay of about 2 hours.
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