747 tyre "explodes" at Melbourne.
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747 tyre "explodes" at Melbourne.
Seems a Singapore Airlines 747 landed hot into Melbourne and stuffed a tyre. The Air Services spokesman charged with reassuring the public said that "the plane landed more quickly than the pilot had thought it would." Aeroplanes sometimes trick pilots that way!
The AS bloke added that "the pilot applied extra brakes and a tyre exploded." Aren't autobrakes supposed to prevent that sort of thing happening to tyres?
Anyone at Tulla see it happen?
The AS bloke added that "the pilot applied extra brakes and a tyre exploded." Aren't autobrakes supposed to prevent that sort of thing happening to tyres?
Anyone at Tulla see it happen?
The AS bloke added that "the pilot applied extra brakes and a tyre exploded." Aren't autobrakes supposed to prevent that sort of thing happening to tyres?
Moderate, Modest & Mild.
Yes, I think it was the anti-skid that Centaurus was referring to - he's probably got his mind on other "things" 
But these "spokespeople" for airlines, seem to me, to be the first (and preferably the one with the LEAST knowledge of aircraft, and aircraft ops) employee of that company, that the press can rustle up.
It's a fact of life, that tyres fail sometimes - not only on aircraft, but also on cars, motorbikes, bicycles, prams, etc.
But NOT trains!
Oh to be a train driver (even just a glorified one
).
But these "spokespeople" for airlines, seem to me, to be the first (and preferably the one with the LEAST knowledge of aircraft, and aircraft ops) employee of that company, that the press can rustle up.
It's a fact of life, that tyres fail sometimes - not only on aircraft, but also on cars, motorbikes, bicycles, prams, etc.
But NOT trains!
Oh to be a train driver (even just a glorified one
).
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Here we go again...
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Actually Kapt M trains DO have tyres, and the last major train crash in Germany was caused by a tyre comming off the wheel and spearing through the floor with one end while the other end hit some points and derailed the tran.
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Fair enough then, train tyres do sometimes fail....but just imagine if they EXPLODED as is the case here....very messy indeed. I guess thats why they want you to stand well back from the platform when the train arrives - just in case the train driver has to apply 'extra brakes' and a similar problem occurs.
