Wings Abadi AT72 at Gunung Sitoli on Jan 12th 2013, blew tyres on landing

Last Update: January 13, 2013 / 17:24:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wings Air

Flight number
IW-1264

Aircraft Registration
PK-WFH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Wings Air Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500, registration PK-WFH performing flight IW-1264 from Medan to Gunung Sitoli (Indonesia) with 62 passengers, landed at Gunung Sitoli when tower observed smoke coming from the right main landing gear. The aircraft rolled out safely and came to a stop about half way down the runway with both right main gear tyres burst. The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were taken to the terminal.

The airport was closed for about one hour until the aircraft could be moved to the apron and tyre debris was cleaned off the runway.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wings Air

Flight number
IW-1264

Aircraft Registration
PK-WFH

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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