ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17834
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| Date: | Thursday 15 May 2008 |
| Time: | 10:35 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-260 |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AKE |
| MSN: | 26057/444 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
| London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Ethopian Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration ET-AKE performing flight ET710 from Addis Ababa (Ethopia) via Rome Fiumicchino (Italy) to London Heathrow (UK), burst a tyre on landing at London Heathrow. The airplane was able to taxi off the runway and passengers disembarked normally.
Runway 09L was closed for 20 minutes due to a necessary inspection for possible debris. According to an eyewitness report:
"Aircraft blew a tyre/tyres on landing and managed to turn onto taxiway. Passengers were disembarked and taken by bus to terminal. Ruinway 09L was shut for a while. Aircraft remained on taxiway for some hours"
Sources:
1. Visual sighting
2. http://avherald.com/h?article=406b5f00&opt=0
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7402766.stm
4. https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/326948-runway-closed-lhr.html
5. http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-160508.htm
Media:
Boeing 757-260 ET-AKE of Ethiopian Airlines at Addis Ababa - Bole International (ADD / HAAB), Ethiopia on 03-01-2007:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2008 21:13 | Flying Ant | Added |
| 15-May-2008 21:14 | harro | Updated |
| 20-Oct-2010 13:48 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Dec-2014 23:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2016 17:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
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