SIA's A380 tyre explodes moments before take-off

[alberttky 0]

SINGAPORE - The tyre of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 exploded on Sunday night just as the aircraft was preparing to take-off for Melbourne, Australia.

 

The incident took place at Changi Airport's Terminal 3 around 9pm and the flight, SQ227, was delayed by nearly eight hours, affecting all 401 passengers on board.

 

The aircraft was escorted by the airport security for inspections.

 

The flight, which was also carrying passengers from other airlines like Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic airlines, finally left Singapore at 4.04am.

 

In November last year, a Qantas A380 heading to Sydney, carrying 466 people, was forced to turn back to Singapore after an engine blasted a few minutes into the flight.

 

AFP reported that the blast rained engine casing down on an Indonesian town that the plane had been flying over.

 

In the same month, Singapore Airlines also had to cancel three flights after oil stains were found on the planes' engines.

 

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[syafiq aidil law 0]

Wow..A380 tyre exploded ?

[Cire 0]

Which brings the question of how ready is the A380 for flight??

[Syed A Ridhwan 0]

The incident took place at RWY 20C, which explains my flight's pushback delay it was a single runway operation on 20R and the queue leading up to 20R was *yawn*.. long enough for me to doze off until the a/c thunders down the runway

[Mike P 0]

I would expect Airbus owed the A380 owners some explanation and compensation.

[Ikman Ikreza 0]

Which rego involved?

[KC Sim 2]

Talk about sensationalising an incident ... I remember how it used to be "tires burst on landing or takeoff" ... but these days, it is "explode".

 

And that itself called for further linkage to the engine explosion over Batam ...

 

And I am certain that no airline expects compensation from burst tires, as irritating and inconvenient as such incidents are.

 

KC Sim

[Mike P 0]

Exploded before take off... or burst before take off? I can imagine the impact during landing and together with the friction, it could have caused the explosion.. but before take off? That just sound not right to me.

[Denny Yen 0]

Automated FOD detectors QinetiQ Tarsier which works 24/7, were already installed in YVR, LHR, Dubai, Doha - several years ago.

 

FOD is detected by the radar, triggering an alarm. The Tarsier User Display highlights the object’s location. The camera enables live footage of the FOD for visual confirmation. GPS co-ordinates are sent to operations staff for accurate location and efficient removal of FOD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2011 by Denny Yen

[Isaac 0]

Which brings the question of how ready is the A380 for flight??

This is not an isolated case actually. It has happened to other aircraft types as well.

[KC Sim 2]

The aircraft involved was 9V-SKB and it finally took off again at 0424 hrs on 26 September to Melbourne.

 

KC Sim

[Cire 0]

thanks for sharing on the run way safety mechanism... pretty high tech..

 

This is not an isolated case actually. It has happened to other aircraft types as well.

 

 

Sensationalized probably because it's the latest jumbo plane now, and the Batam incident, all in the short spend it flies for SIA..

[Waiping 12]

So I should bring my car in for a check during tire puncture as well?

[flee 5]

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800, registration 9V-SKB performing flight SQ-227 from Singapore (Singapore) to Melbourne,VI (Australia) with 401 passengers, was accelerating for takeoff from Singapore's runway 20C when a tyre burst prompting the crew to reject takeoff at low speed. The aircraft slowed safely, emergency services responded. The aircraft was disabled on the runway requiring the runway to be closed until the aircraft could be towed off the runway.

 

Gossip is running that a wheel locked up.

 

The aircraft was able to depart about 7 hours later and reached Melbourne with a delay of 6:40 hours.

 

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