Volotea B712 at Strasbourg on Jul 21st 2016, wheel problem

Last Update: July 25, 2016 / 15:07:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-2092

Destination
Toulouse, France

Aircraft Registration
EC-MEZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

A Volotea Boeing 717-200, registration EC-MEZ performing flight V7-2092 from Strasbourg to Toulouse (France), was climbing out of Strasbourg when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 and descended back to FL200 reporting a problem with a wheel indicating they'd probably return to Strasbourg. The crew consulted with dispatch and subsequently decided to divert to Bordeaux (France) advising ATC there was no damage. The aircraft climbed to FL270 then further to FL330 enroute to Bordeaux and landed safely in Bordeaux about 2 hours after stopping the climb at FL250.

A replacement Boeing 717-200 registration EI-EXJ departed Bordeaux 100 minutes after landing and reached Toulouse after a short hop about 20 minutes later with a delay of 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Bordeaux for 3.5 hours, then positioned to Toulouse and resumed service performing return flight V7-2093 to Strasbourg on schedule.

On Jul 25th 2016 the airline reported that the flight crew felt something during the takeoff roll, however, did not receive any abnormal indication and therefore continued takeoff. After becoming airborne the crew inquired with tower, whether tower could see anything abnormal, tower advised there was a "big piece of tyre" on the runway. A fighter aircraft was operating near the position of the Volotea Boeing and agreed to have a look at the landing gear of the B712, the fighter pilot could not see any evidence of damage on any of the nose or main wheels. The B712 captain decided to divert to Bordeaux for a maintenance check. After landing maintenance did not find any damage. Strasbourg Airport are investigating about the origin of the rubber debris.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-2092

Destination
Toulouse, France

Aircraft Registration
EC-MEZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

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