Air Europa A332 at Madrid on Apr 16th 2013, damaged nose gear tyres on takeoff

Last Update: May 3, 2013 / 14:11:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 16, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Europa

Flight number
UX-71

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Caracas, Venezuela

Aircraft Registration
EC-JPF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air Europa Airbus A330-200, registration EC-JPF performing flight UX-71 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Caracas (Venezuela) with 196 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Madrid's runway 36L about 29 minutes after Aeromexico's Boeing 767-200, see Accident: Aeromexico B762 at Madrid on Apr 16th 2013, tail strike on takeoff, when the aircraft rolled over debris left behind by the Boeing. Being above V1 the crew continued takeoff and in the absence of initially any unusual indications the crew climbed the aircraft to initial cruise level 310. About one hour into the flight, nearly over Lisbon (Portugal), the crew then decided to return to Madrid, descended the aircraft to FL100 to burn off fuel and entered a hold for about 3 hours before landing back on Madrid's runway 18R about 4.5 hours after departure.

Spain's CIAIAC is investigating both occurrences.

On May 3rd 2013 the CIAIAC reported, that EC-JPF was the 7th aircraft to depart following Aeromexic's Boeing 767-200. When the aircraft accelerated for takeoff about 29 minutes after the departure of the Aeromexico Boeing, the crew thought they had rolled over some debris and notified ATC during initial climb reporting their left nose wheel showed no tyre pressure. Following the notification runway 36L was inspected and metallic debris was recovered. The crew of another aircraft departing just prior to EC-JPF (6th departure after Aeromexico) had also reported seeing debris on the runway to ATC. The crew declared PAN, entered a hold, and returned to Madrid for a safe landing, the aircraft - apart from the tyre damage - sustained no damage.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 16, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Europa

Flight number
UX-71

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Caracas, Venezuela

Aircraft Registration
EC-JPF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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