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Air India Airbus Lands with Flat


Pictured: An Air India Airbus A320-231
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Contact Photographer Rajesh Changela

What: Air India Airbus A320-200 en route from Singapore Changi Airport to Chennai India
Where: Meenambakkam airport
When: Aug 22nd 2009
Who: 132 passengers
Why: After extending the gear, one main gear tire was observed to be flat–not a surprise because debris was found at the airport of origin.

All precautions were engaged during landing and the flight landed safely with no injuries reported. The plane was towed off the runway to a maintenance bay.

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