(2) FL360aero on Twitter: "18 people have been injured due to emergency evacuations following a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER aircraft (B-KPQ) aborted take-off on Runway 07R of Hong Kong International Airport (HKG/VHHH), that resulted in tire bust on 24 June. #incident #aviation https://t.co/quexhyvHW0" / Twitter
The story is probably confused and the facts garbled, but it would appear that the aircraft taxied to the gate after the RTO instead of waiting on the runway for ARFF and brake cooling. The high temp plugs on the gear then blew out during the taxi, puncturing the tires, the slides were inflated at the gate (?), several passengers took luggage with them damaging the slides, multiple elderly passengers were injured, two of them seriously.
The story is probably confused and the facts garbled, but it would appear that the aircraft taxied to the gate after the RTO instead of waiting on the runway for ARFF and brake cooling. The high temp plugs on the gear then blew out during the taxi, puncturing the tires, the slides were inflated at the gate (?), several passengers took luggage with them damaging the slides, multiple elderly passengers were injured, two of them seriously.
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