Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:03 pmThis may be old news now, Im not sure. I just heard from a friend who works for ANZ in japan.....he told me that NZ90 appeared to abort the take from narita last night and blew about 10 tyres in the process. Closed Narita for about 30mins.
As i said, it may be old news now.......but that must have been some very heavy duty braking if correct.
Im sure you all have good sources and the details will come out.
Cheers:
Sorry, just found this:
Incident: ANZ B772 at Tokyo on Jan 31st 2010, rejected takeoff
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jan 31st 2010 16:32Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 31st 2010 16:32Z
An Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200, flight NZ-90 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Auckland (New Zealand) with 296 passengers and 13 crew, rejected takeoff from runway 34L at high speed. When the aeroplane came to a stand still, smoke was seen from all main tyres prompting attending emergency services to spray the wheels and overheated brakes.
The airport reported, that all 12 main gear tyres deflated due to the brakes overheat. The runway had to be closed for about 30 minutes.
As i said, it may be old news now.......but that must have been some very heavy duty braking if correct.
Im sure you all have good sources and the details will come out.
Cheers:
Sorry, just found this:
Incident: ANZ B772 at Tokyo on Jan 31st 2010, rejected takeoff
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jan 31st 2010 16:32Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 31st 2010 16:32Z
An Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200, flight NZ-90 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Auckland (New Zealand) with 296 passengers and 13 crew, rejected takeoff from runway 34L at high speed. When the aeroplane came to a stand still, smoke was seen from all main tyres prompting attending emergency services to spray the wheels and overheated brakes.
The airport reported, that all 12 main gear tyres deflated due to the brakes overheat. The runway had to be closed for about 30 minutes.
