United flight 840 , burst tyres on take off

Created on Sunday, 20 October 2013 11:48 | Print

20 October 2013

United flight UA-840 , Boeing 747-400 registration N182UA from Sydney to Los Angeles took off from Sydney airport but burst two tyres.The crew stopped the climb declared an emergency and after entered a hold over ocean for dump fuel for around 2 hours diverted back to Sydney for a safe landing

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© Jan Seba

 

First Flight:08-10-1991

Age:22.1 years

 

photo from twitter

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