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American Airlines plane blows four tires landing at Rio de Janeiro airport; continues taxiing to gate
Watch video of Boeing 767-300 after landing when the tires burst. (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Someone needs to check the air pressure on the left main gear and if they are low it isa pretty good chance the ones or at least one or more were low on the side that blrw. The most common reason for blown tires on landing is one or more tires being low.
The flight crew is a persistent bunch of dumbasses.
If it takes half power to taxi to the gate, you may have some issues with the wheels.
I think taxi off the active, and shut down would have been a prudent call. Deplane the passengers to a couple of buses and tow to the repair facility. Interesting that no fire equipment visible while the a/c was taxiing?
AA, has a good on time record, I will not taxi my plane even with on blown tire, but in a south America busy airport, it's safer to get the hell out of an active runway, or a busy taxiway. It's PIC decision to save the day.
Like Stephen Colbert said a month ago "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, AND BETTER CALL MY LAWYER!" would be a wise thing to do right now.