Naim 6 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 "The two nosewheel tyres were not damaged, but one of the 16 main tyres of the Boeing 747 had decapped during take-off ..." What's a decapped tyre? .ny +++ The Times of India Online Emergency landing for AI flight [ Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:33:05 am TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] MUMBAI: An Air India Boeing 747-400, which took off from Delhi airport for Frankfurt early on Monday morning, had to be diverted to Mumbai for an emergency landing after parts of the aircraft's tyre came apart during take-off. The 12-year-old leased aircraft, piloted by Capt D P Bhatt, landed at Mumbai airport-where fire engines and ambulances were lined up to meet the emergency-at 1.30 pm. All 257 passengers on board were said to be safe. It was the second incident of its kind in the last 48 hours-an Air Deccan ATR 72 aircraft had suffered a tyre burst while landing at Bangalore on Saturday. "The two nosewheel tyres were not damaged, but one of the 16 main tyres of the Boeing 747 had decapped during take-off," said a source. The part that flew off from the damaged tyre hit the honey-comb panel on the aircraft's fuselage behind the landing gear, damaging it partially. The tyre was retreaded. "The damage was not of a serious nature. It did not jeopardise the safety of the aircraft," the source said. Sources added the AI aircraft grounded on Monday was involved in a similar tyre-burst incident at Los Angeles airport last December. Following the incident, a substitute aircraft was requisitioned. However, the flight remained stranded at Mumbai for hours due to night curfew at Frankfurt and crew duty time limitations. The flight was rescheduled for a 2 am take-off on Tuesday, an AI spokesperson said.The damaged aircraft should be back in the fleet in two days. Sources said the repairs would take two days due to non-availability of spares. "Before take-off, the aircraft maintenance engineer and the pilot perform a walk-around inspection of the plane, specially inspecting the landing gear. "They missed this tyre," said an aircraft engineer adding that the part of the tyre touching the ground cannot be inspected. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1448427.cms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth K 3 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 "Before take-off, the aircraft maintenance engineer and the pilot perform a walk-around inspection of the plane, specially inspecting the landing gear. "They missed this tyre," said an aircraft engineer adding that the part of the tyre touching the ground cannot be inspected. That is not a valid excuse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Attan 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 Decapped = peeled off - that's what will happen to a retread (tayar celup). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naim 6 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 Decapped = peeled off - that's what will happen to a retread (tayar celup). Uh-huh? Got tayar celup also? Is the use of tayar celup prevalent in commercial aviation? .ny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raj 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 "They missed this tyre," What da hell..How can thay say they check the landing gear but no check one tyre...??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth K 3 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 "They missed this tyre," What da hell..How can thay say they check the landing gear but no check one tyre...??? Ironicly, they can remember percisely which tire they forgot to check Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Min Chun 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2006 Now they have landed safely..what if they crash? Missed that tyre, that's not the excuse.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
