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Multiple Flats on Landing in Costa Rica

What: TACA airlines Airbus A321-200 en route from El Salvador to San José Costa Rica
Where: Costa Rica
When: October 18, 2012
Who: 146 passengers, 7 crew
Why: On touchdown, three tires burst on the wet runway, resulting in an emergency landing. The plane skidded and spun to the right and when it came to a stop, it was perpendicular to the end of the runway.

There were no injuries reported when the plane landed at 4.pm. Burst tires can often occur as the result of a hard or too fast landing.

Passengers disembarked on to the runway.

The incident is under investigation.

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