Southwest B737 near Oakland on Apr 11th 2017, blown tyre

Last Update: April 13, 2017 / 19:43:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 11, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-4266

Aircraft Registration
N7846A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N7846A performing flight WN-4266 from Denver,CO to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 119 people on board, was descending towards San Francisco when the crew reported a blown tyre at the right side and decided to divert the aircraft to Oakland. The aircraft landed safely on Oakland's runway 12 and stopped, emergency services reported the right outboard wheel was running on its rims. The aircraft was shut down on the runway and was towed to the apron.

The runway was closed for about 30 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 11, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-4266

Aircraft Registration
N7846A

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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