Finnair flight AY-1074 burst two main tires on landing in Helsinki, Finland, on September 2nd.
The incident happened when the plane was coming from Riga, Latvia.
The passengers disembarked safely onto the taxiway.
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The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
BoA Plane Bursts Tires on Landing at El Alto International Airport
A Boliviana de Aviacion Boeing 737-300 plane burst left hand main tires after landing at El Alto International Airport, Bolivia, on November 1st.The incident happened when the plane was preforming flight OB-669 from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
The plane became disabled on the runway. All one hundred and one passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
Nordic Regional Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Finland
Nordic Regional Airlines flight AY-499 had to make an emergency landing in Helsinki, Finland, on January 3rd.The plane took off for Joensuu, Finland, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
- Air India | Air India Express | blown tire | Boeing | Editorial | Emergency | hard | Oman | panic | pilot error
Indian Pilots: One bad seed
What: Air India Express en route from Cochin-Salalah
Where: Salalah
When: Nov 3, 2011 9:45
Who: 87 passengersIn George’s Point of View
India has made noises in the press about cleaning house regarding some of the bad pilots that skated through a flawed and corrupt school and accrediting system.In this event, the pilot of an Air India Express COK-Salalah (Oman) flight, made three attempts to land. A cumulation of numerous small errors threatened passenger safety and defied standard operating procedures and included mis-entering data into the system.
The pilot forced the B737 to land using “autoland” in high cross-winds.
Wind speed on the ground was 25 knot (46 kmph) gusting to 35 knot (65 kmph.) Operating procedure allows landing when winds are no higher than 25 knots. The Boeing FCOM lists 35 knots as the max permissible crosswind landing component on a 45m wide. The pilot would have been correct to divert to another airport. There was adequate fuel to do so (if he had realized the numbers entered into the system were incorrect). Ground conditions were at the top of what Boeing allows and would be a challenge. Instead of diverting to Abu Dhabi, the pilot landed in defiance of safety norms.
The pilot attempted to land twice, and then decided to divert. Having been entered with incorrect data, the FMC (Flight Management Computer) incorrectly concluded there was only six minutes of flight time left. This was incorrect, as the plane had 4.7 tons of fuel, more than enough to reach Abu Dhabi, 75 minutes away.
On the pilot’s third attempt, the pilot autolanded (without having trained for autolanding.) It was a safe, if hard landing, and one that damaged the plane and nearly went off the runway. Two tires burst, and the landing gear was damaged.
Maybe this pilot is a fool, or maybe just careless. The plane did land with no loss of life. You know they always say “the devil is in the details.” I don’t know verifiable particulars. We don’t have available first hand data to analyze, but Air India and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation does.
But when we see evidence of problems like this, we wonder if India has gone far enough in raising the bar.
Boeing Lands Safely on Nose-Gear Maypops
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Contact Photographer Ronald J StellaWhat: US Airways Boeing 737-400 en route from Philadelphia to Tampa
Where: Tampa
When: Jun 27th 2009
Who: 138 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After a normal flight, on landing, both nose gear tires blew. Nose gear wheels and strut were damaged.Passengers disembarked via roll-up stairs thru the back of the plane. No injuries were reported. It took 8 hours to clear the runway after the incident. Mechanics are looking at a landing gear problem as the cause of the incident.
Billy Mays was interviewed after debarking.
George’s Point of View
Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance! Or was it a fast landing?
- Air Baltic | Boeing | Emergency | Landing Gear | Netherlands
Air Baltic Flight Returns to Amsterdam due to Landing Gear Problem
Air Baltic flight BT-9802 returned to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 24th.The Boeing 737-500 plane took off for Riga, Latvia, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.