Pilots praised after Etihad plane’s tyres deflated following aborted take-off at high-speed
Pilots praised after Etihad plane’s tyres deflated following aborted take-off at high-speed
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the cause of the aborted take-off was ‘a high exhaust gas temperature indication from the aircraft’s right engine’. An Etihad Airways flight was forced to abort a high-speed take-off that led to two tyres bursting, as “high exhaust gas temperatures” in the engine caused an emergency halt of the Boeing plane.
Etihad Airways flight EY461 was due to take off from Melbourne, Australia to Abu Dhabi at 6.15pm local time on Sunday, 5 January for a 13-hour flight when the flight crew halted the take-off due to “operational reasons”. Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a statement to The Independent that the flight crew decided to reject the take-off due to observing “a high exhaust gas temperature indication from the aircraft’s right engine”.
During the aborted take-off, two of the aircraft’s tyres deflated, but no further damages or injuries were reported, the ATSB added. In an updated statement, the airline told The Independent that “our pilots made the decision to reject take-off for operational reasons.
“This procedure is the safest course of action to protect everyone on board in such situations. “The aircraft was safely brought to a stop, with emergency services attending as a precaution. “As part of standard procedure, foam was applied to the landing gear tyres, and two tyres deflated – a normal occurrence in such cases.
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