Burst tire forces emergency landing at airport
03 Dec 2011, 1:17 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
An Emirates flight made an emergency landing at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) on Friday, December 2 and sustained damages to two tyres. No passengers and crew were injured.
The Emirates flight EK635 was en route from Colombo to Dubai when it landed in Male’ at 10:35 pm on Friday. It had suffered the deflation of two tyres in its left main landing apparatus.
A spokesperson for INIA said pilots are trained for such situations, and the plane was brought to a safe stop on the INIA runway.
An Emirates spokesperson stated that, “All passengers disembarked safely from the Boeing 777-300 aircraft and are currently being looked after by ground staff. Transit and onward passengers will be accommodated in hotels if necessary.”
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