Air India B773 at Mumbai on Feb 2nd 2014, blew three tyres on landing

Last Update: February 3, 2014 / 23:51:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 2, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-191

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ALQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALQ performing flight AI-191 from Ahmedabad to Mumbai (India) with 260 passengers, landed on Mumbai's runway 27 without apparent incident and taxied to the gate. Ground personnel discovered three tyres had blown.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration VT-ALU continued the next sector of the flight to Newark,NJ (USA) and reached Newark with a delay of 80 minutes.

The airline confirmed three tyres were found deflated by ground personnel. A replacement aircraft continued the onward journey.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 2, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-191

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ALQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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