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What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong
Where: Hong Kong
When: Apr 7th 2012,
Why: Passengers on the Emirates flight disembarked on to the runway after a fast landing where two main tires burst.
Passengers smelled the burning rubber and reported that they saw sparks.
On landing, the brakes locked up, which pretty eliminated the tires and part of the wheel (termed an anti-skid failure.) As you can see in the snapshot, the wheels were ground flat by the friction.
The friction just pours off the pavement in the youtube clip. No injuries were reported.
Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) flight AB-6478 blew a main tire upon landing in Saarbruecken, Germany, on August 29th.
Air Algerie flight AH-1113 made an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on December 8th.
Transavia flight HV-5779 made an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 2nd.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-1945 made an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria, on October 9th.