Aeromar AT42 at Lazaro Cardenas on Mar 28th 2014, brakes fire during line up

Last Update: March 28, 2014 / 19:56:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeromar

Flight number
VW-610

Aircraft Registration
XA-TIC

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

An Aeromar Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-300, registration XA-TIC performing flight VW-610 from Lazaro Cardenas to Mexico City (Mexico) with 18 people on board, was taxiing for departure turning onto the runway to line up for departure when a large plume of white smoke rose from the left hand main gear prompting the crew to evacuate the aircraft. Emergency services responded and doused the left hand gear.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto another flight.

Passengers reported they were heading for the runway and the aircraft was in the turn into takeoff position when they felt a jolt and strong vibrations, the crew stopped the aircraft believing they had burst a tyre when white smoke became visible outside. The captain ordered the evacuation of the aircraft. They were later told a tyre had blown indeed starting the sequence of events.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeromar

Flight number
VW-610

Aircraft Registration
XA-TIC

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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