Flightsimman
26th Jan 2006, 00:57
Hi,
I was at Brisbane Airport yesterday (25th Jan) standing on Gate 15 with my Video Camera after taking a spin in the cockpit of BAE-146 from Adelaide to pickup and return another BAE-146 back to Adelaide for some maintenance.
I was watching aircraft depart and arrive and turned my attention to an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 that was approaching to land.
On landing I noticed that there was a hell of a lot more smoke than usual, but the roll-out seemed normal until I noticed the aircraft slowed quicker than normal.
It wasn't until I watched it try and leave the runway that I knew something was wrong as the power applied to move the aircraft seemed excessive and the pilot was having a problem steering it.
Immediately following the departure from the runway to taxiway I noticed that 4 fire appliances were accelerating down the runway to take position directly behind the aircraft.
This is when I noticed that there was smoke around the landing gear and when I zoomed in with the Video Camera I saw that some of the Port side tyres were shredded down to the wheel-rims.
What seemed odd was that the aircraft remained stationary for quite sometime with the engines running on the taxiway.
When I arrived home I looked for the info on the internet and found the following on news.com.au:
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Air NZ plane tyres disintegrate
From: AAP
January 25, 2006
TWO tyres on an Air Zealand flight carrying more than 200 passengers blew apart when the plane touched down at Brisbane Airport today.
An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said an investigation had been launched into the incident, which kept the Boeing 747 and its passengers on the tarmac for more than an hour.
"We think the tyres may have been damaged on take-off," she said.
"But we are investigating the plane incident."
The plane from Auckland touched down at Brisbane Airport at 10.12am (AEST).
It rolled to a stop on the taxiway and Brisbane Airport firefighters were at the scene immediately but there was no fire.
More than 200 passengers were kept on the plane as engineers changed the tyres and the debris was cleared from the runway.
Brisbane Airport Corporation said the plane was towed to the international terminal where the passengers disembarked around 11.30am (AEST).
There no injuries and the runway was not closed.
The plane left for a return flight to Auckland this afternoon.
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There was nothing on the TV about it here in Adelaide, but I suspect that it would of have been shown on the Brisbane news as a Channel 7 Helicopter was up in the air about 3 mins after it happened.
Cheers.
:8
I was at Brisbane Airport yesterday (25th Jan) standing on Gate 15 with my Video Camera after taking a spin in the cockpit of BAE-146 from Adelaide to pickup and return another BAE-146 back to Adelaide for some maintenance.
I was watching aircraft depart and arrive and turned my attention to an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 that was approaching to land.
On landing I noticed that there was a hell of a lot more smoke than usual, but the roll-out seemed normal until I noticed the aircraft slowed quicker than normal.
It wasn't until I watched it try and leave the runway that I knew something was wrong as the power applied to move the aircraft seemed excessive and the pilot was having a problem steering it.
Immediately following the departure from the runway to taxiway I noticed that 4 fire appliances were accelerating down the runway to take position directly behind the aircraft.
This is when I noticed that there was smoke around the landing gear and when I zoomed in with the Video Camera I saw that some of the Port side tyres were shredded down to the wheel-rims.
What seemed odd was that the aircraft remained stationary for quite sometime with the engines running on the taxiway.
When I arrived home I looked for the info on the internet and found the following on news.com.au:
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Air NZ plane tyres disintegrate
From: AAP
January 25, 2006
TWO tyres on an Air Zealand flight carrying more than 200 passengers blew apart when the plane touched down at Brisbane Airport today.
An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said an investigation had been launched into the incident, which kept the Boeing 747 and its passengers on the tarmac for more than an hour.
"We think the tyres may have been damaged on take-off," she said.
"But we are investigating the plane incident."
The plane from Auckland touched down at Brisbane Airport at 10.12am (AEST).
It rolled to a stop on the taxiway and Brisbane Airport firefighters were at the scene immediately but there was no fire.
More than 200 passengers were kept on the plane as engineers changed the tyres and the debris was cleared from the runway.
Brisbane Airport Corporation said the plane was towed to the international terminal where the passengers disembarked around 11.30am (AEST).
There no injuries and the runway was not closed.
The plane left for a return flight to Auckland this afternoon.
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There was nothing on the TV about it here in Adelaide, but I suspect that it would of have been shown on the Brisbane news as a Channel 7 Helicopter was up in the air about 3 mins after it happened.
Cheers.
:8