QF12 Blows 4 Tires, Aborts Takeoff from LAX

[FlyingPhotog]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23790476/

LOS ANGELES - An jetliner carrying hundreds of passengers blew four tires while trying to take off at Los Angeles International Airport and got stranded on the runway, an official said Tuesday.

None of the 232 passengers or crew on Qantas Flight 12 to Sydney, Australia, was hurt in the incident late Monday, airport spokeswoman Treva Miller said.

Blowing 4 tires at once? Pretty unusual, yes?

[Airfoilsguy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23790476/



Blowing 4 tires at once? Pretty unusual, yes?

It looked like the sequence of events was that a warning light went off, the pilot aborted, and then the tries blew. It is not unusual to blow tires during an aborted takeoff.

[mawheatley]

Media Misunderstanding

This has to be one of the best quotes yet from the misguided media:

"The pilot aborted takeoff after he noticed a warning light go off as he took the Boeing 747-400 down the runway at 11:05 p.m. local time, Miller said. The plane came to rest, stuck on an adjacent runway." (Source http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23790476/)

So let me get this straight. The warning light comes on, pilot aborts take off, four tires go pop, and the aircraft magically finds itself on an adjacent runway? Spectacular piece of airmanship there!