Easyjet A319 at Zurich on Jan 10th 2018, suspected to have burst tyre on departure

Last Update: January 12, 2018 / 23:53:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Easyjet

Flight number
U2-7904

Aircraft Registration
G-EZNC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Easyjet Airbus A319-100, registration G-EZNC performing flight U2-7904 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), departed Zurich's runway 28 when the crew advised tower just before being handed off to departure that they had possibly blown a tyre. A runway inspection did not find any debris on the runway. The crew stopped the climb at FL130 and entered a hold to burn off fuel advising a tyre on the right hand main gear appears to be blown. The aircraft returned to Zurich for a safe landing on runway 16 about 50 minutes after departure. Emergency services reported that there was no damaged/blown tyre. The aircraft taxied to the apron.

A replacement A319-100 registration G-EZBE reached Amsterdam with a delay of 5:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft attempted to depart Zurich about 3 hours after landing back, however, rejected takeoff at high speed (about 130 knots over ground) due to hot brakes. Emergency services reported all brakes were handwarm, not hot.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Easyjet

Flight number
U2-7904

Aircraft Registration
G-EZNC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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