Cyprus A320 at Larnaca on May 5th 2013, burst tyre on roll out

Last Update: May 5, 2013 / 18:01:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CY-343

Destination
Larnaca, Cyprus

Aircraft Registration
5B-DCH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Cyprus Airways Airbus A320-200, registration 5B-DCH performing flight CY-343 from Beirut (Lebanon) to Larnaca (Cyprus), landed on Larnaca's runway 04 but suffered a flat tyre during roll out. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on taxiway C, parallel to the runway, where emergency services attended the aircraft.

Passengers reported that the touchdown appeared quite normal, no hard landing or anything unusual, shortly after touchdown a bang was heard however. The aircraft slowed, vacated the runway and stopped on the taxiway next to the runway, the passengers disembarked onto the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal.

The aircraft is still on the ground about 14 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CY-343

Destination
Larnaca, Cyprus

Aircraft Registration
5B-DCH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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