Austrian Airlines incident MUC
 

Austrian Airlines flight OS 114 from MUC to VIE declared around 17:30 local time an emergency after the Fokker 70 (OE-LFL) lost a wheel from the right MLG moments after liftoff.

Around 18:00 the aircraft returned to MUC and a emergency landing was carried out without further incident.

By a strange coincidence the same thing happened today to a Flybe Q400 at Exeter, fortunately with a similar outcome.

why did they go back to MUC, instead just to continue for 35 min or so to their VIE tec base :ugh:

Pick up their wheel and get on their way again:\:\:\

An "emergency landing" is a bit of over stating the seriousness of the event!

Come on, Off Chocks, you're just trying to spoil the sense of excitement of the rumour mongers!

Not too many places between Munich and Vienna to land.

Salzburg, Linz.

Glad they missed the orphanage at the end of their death plunge though....

Me, I also would have gone back to MUC. If you loose a wheel, you probably don't retract the gear (if you were aware off). If you divert with landing gear extended, you might end up in the same situation as the Hapag-Lloyd A310 did in VIE (i.e. on the grass).

Although the F70/100 doesn't have such a great fuel penalty as her bigger sisters.

And if they declared an emergency, then surely it was an emergency landing, wasn't it?

This time of year the weather can change fast..Munich was good..these flight crews know the territory.

Remember the OS F70 landing in a field near MUC in Jan 2004?

Diffrent
 

The weather was diffrent the few years back when AUA had the accident. I would have done the same, turn back and leave the gear down and locked. Better S A F E then sorry.

Imagine the bashing here and elsewhere if they would have flown, or attempt to fly, to VIE and ended up in SBG, LNZ..... outch.

One reason a company needs to make profit is to cover such cost´s..... MOL or Stelios would now have a good reason to explain the troops why they cannot raise the wages.... A return landing cost´s extra and the delay and and and .... Get a life and go on.

I was at MUC when this was going on. It was ATC who decided that this was an emergency, which considering a wheel had just fallen off a departing aircraft, was a reasonable call. As for not continuing to VIE, that was reasonable as well as the pilots still would be uncertain if any other damage had occurred. Retracting gear and continuing to VIE should only be done when you have no other options and continuing gear down (with passengers) would be very silly. They did perform a low pass to enable ATC to see any other damage, but that will only be a superficial inspection at best. Being at your departure also gives you maximum endurance for trouble shooting and if you have to, multiple go-arounds. As it was, the weather was good and at MUC, like other German airports, you will have world class RFF facilities. Additionally, as far as the passengers are concerned, there is a frequent service from MUC to VIE so their interests would be best served as well.

All in all, anything which turns an "emergency" into a non-event is a good thing.