BRAZIL: LATAM Airbus A321 Gets Tyre Burst As It Lands In Brasilia

LATAM Airbus A321, performing flight from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia, landed on Brasilia’s runway 11L but burst the inboard right main tyre during roll out.

Debris of the tyre impacted the underside of the wing, wheel well and fuselage.

The aircraft rolled out without further incident, vacated the runway and stopped past the hold short line, while emergency services responded and joined the aircraft for an inspection.

The passengers disembarked onto the taxiway via stairs and were bussed to the terminal.


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USA: American Airlines Boeing 737 Engine Fails Inflight

American Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from New York La Guardia to Orlando with 156 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of New York when the crew requested to maintain 12,000 feet while they were troubleshooting a problem.

The crew subsequently advised they had an engine failure and wanted to divert to New York’s JFK Airport.

The aircraft landed safely on JFK’s runway 22R about 20 minutes later.

The airline reported the engine had no visible damage, the crew had received an engine fault indication which subsequently was identified to have been caused by the engine oil filter.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N894NN reached Orlando with a delay of about 2 hours.


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USA: 3 Injured On Skywest Flight To Chicago After Severe Turbulence Enroute.

A Skywest Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines was performing flight from Atlanta to Chicago O’Hare, when the crew decided to divert to Saint Louis reporting a flight attendant had sustained a head injury as result of turbulence.

The aircraft landed safely in Saint Louis about 25 minutes later.

The FAA reported one flight attendant received injuries as result of turbulence enroute, the severity of the injuries is still being assessed.

The airline reported a flight attendant and two passengers were taken to a hospital for evaluation after the aircraft had encountered severe turbulence enroute.

The occurrence aircraft departed Saint Louis after about 2.5 hours on the ground and reached Chicago as flight OO-9851 with a delay of 3:15 hours.




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NEW ZEALAND: Singapore Airlines Rejected Takeoff in Auckland

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800, registration 9V-SKG performing flight SQ-286 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Singapore (Singapore) with about 300 people on board, taxied to the holding point runway 23L via taxiway A1A.

The aircraft subsequently commenced takeoff but rejected takeoff at low speed when the aircraft turned left unexpectedly despite opposite inputs and asymmetric braking resulting in smoke from the tyres at the right hand side.

The crew managed to keep the aircraft on the runway and turn right again, then taxied to the next exit and returned to the apron.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 hours, then departed and is currently enroute at FL400 estimated to reach Singapore with a delay of 7 hours.

The Airport reported the aircraft encountered a problem with the nose gear, a nose wheel was replaced.

A passenger reported the aircraft was “wobbly” veering from side to side.

The captain subsequently announced there was something wrong with the nose gear.

The airline reported the passengers were kept on board during the repairs so that the aircraft could depart as soon as the repairs were completed.

However, an unforeseen delay during the inspection caused a longer stay on the ground than anticipated.

Witnesses reported there was smoke at the right hand side of the aircraft as the aircraft turned left on the runway, a distinct smell of burning rubber was noticed.

British Airways A320 at Malaga Rejected Takeoff Due to Safety Warning

A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-GATK performing flight BA-2713 from Malaga,SP (Spain) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), lined up Malaga’s runway 31 full length and was accelerating for takeoff at 20:00L (19:00Z) when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed.

The aircraft slowed safely and vacated the runway via the first high speed turnoff about 1900 meters down the runway and returned to the apron.

The aircraft was able to depart about 80 minutes later and reached Gatwick with a delay of 2 hours.

A passenger reported the captain announced that following the rejected takeoff the tyres and brakes needed to be checked as well as the fuel being topped up. The passenger understood the captain saying that ATC had assigned them to a different runway than expected (runway 13 was obviously expected), during the takeoff run some system raised a safety issue leading to the decision to reject takeoff.

According to radar data the aircraft had arrived into Malaga as flight BA-2712 landing on runway 13 at 18:56L (17:56Z).