Qantas Airways to Investigate Damage Tire of Airbus A380 Landed in Sydney

Airbus A380 aircraft owned by Qantas Airways was damaged when it landed at Sydney airport. The plane suffered damage to the aircraft tires. When the plane landed ban sparks a worrying issue of passenger aircraft.

Witnesses reported seeing flames and hearing a loud bang as flight QF32 touched down late on Wednesday, while media said two tyres burst. Video footage showed bright flashes from under the plane.

None of the 244 passengers was hurt in the incident, which comes just a day after a Boeing 747 was forced to abort a flight from Sydney to Singapore.

“On landing last night, two tyres were damaged. The aircraft was assessed on the runway by engineers and it was determined it was unable to be towed to the gate,” a Qantas spokeswoman told AFP.

“Therefore passengers were disembarked and taken to the terminal by bus.”

An airport worker told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph that he feared the worst when he saw the dramatic landing.

“I thought there was a serious crash, there were sparks and flames shooting out everywhere,” he was quoted as saying.

“And the noise was deafening, like cannons going off. I really thought something catastrophic had happened.”

The Qantas spokeswoman said the incident was “completely unrelated” to Tuesday’s engine surge, which forced the 747 to turn back shortly after take-off.

“This is the first time this has happened to one of our A380 aircraft,” she said of the latest mishap. “Engineers are looking into it.”

source : AFP