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uffington sb

19th Oct 2007 07:16

A non event news day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7050813.stm

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7051550.stm

A Very Civil Pilot

19th Oct 2007 07:27

Quote:

after the front inner tyre burst on take-off

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...9_plane203.jpg
(pax photo of said front tyre)

I'm glad to see that the Q400 is now classed as a taildragger ;)

GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU

19th Oct 2007 09:46

WorkingHard. These were 2 different aeroplanes flying 2 different routes.

Quote:

Miss Walters and her boyfriend Matthew Hill heard the tyre burst after take-off and were able to take a photo from their window

Unless Holland has grown some interesting scenery recently, I assume the Flybe machine flew back with the wheels down. Weren't they lucky having a journo on board.

PaperTiger

19th Oct 2007 20:05

Quote:

Canadian manufacturer Bombardier was unavailable for comment on Thursday's incident.

Did you try Goodyear ? Dunlop ?

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