Serious item - Houston plane in trouble

[heartofthesiskiyou]

Both tires blown out on left side of plane. Circling airport to burn up fuel. First attempt waved off by tower. Going to try again about ten minutes.

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1. It's on CNN

Third one in a year.

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2. 50 passenger. Landing in Houston.

At least on tire blew on take-off.

[Renew Deal]

15. Here's some video

http://ktrktv-live.wm.llnwd.net/ktrktv_live

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Anyone Know Which Airline?

I was just in Houston yesterday.

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4. Something Express.

Continental Express?

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8. Embrauer Plane?

[Alleycat]

5. Continental-I think

[heartofthesiskiyou]

9. continental - Both tires gone and all rubber has shreaded on take-off

[TallahasseeGrannie]

6. Here's hoping

all goes well once again.

[Jacobin]

7. Reporting on this is poor

Both tires on the left main gear blew out and are shredded. Media can't get that right.

Has a very long runway, winds are moderate, and should be able to handle this ok with careful braking and thrust reverse.

Good thoughts with the pilot and passengers.

[IndianaGreen]

10. My prayers are with the crew and passengers

I hope this turns out okay like the JetBlue emergency landing.

[Renew Deal]

14. Would they try to land with the nose down more than normal?

Any idea?

[SIU_Blue]

31. No...

The pilots in this case would try to land with a slight bank angle to the right, much as one would execute a crosswind landing, to keep the blown tires off of the ground as long as possible.

[LisaM]

11. Continental Express - I hope they land safely

We underestimate the skills of these pilots - they are so well trained and they really seem to step up in these situations. It kills me when they have to make concessions in pay and benefits, because they deserve a lot.

[CatholicEdHead]

12. They were enroute to Minneapolis, MSP

[Renew Deal]

13. Here's a picture.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/9149400/detail.html#

[displacedtexan]

16. I wonder why they didn't divert to an air base.

my husband grew up on air bases, and he remembers
many emergency landings of commercial planes.

They have the equipment and the personnel...

Oops. I think I answered my own question.

[HuffleClaw]

17. perfect landing!

impressive job by the pilots.

[IntravenousDemilo]

18. Aaaaaaaaaand we're down.

That's some good piloting.

[dave29]

19. good work, definately.

whew

[Renew Deal]

20. Yep

Great gob! :applause:

[IndianaGreen]

21. Great! I am happy everyone is alright!

Great piloting!

[Jacobin]

22. Picture perfect

:thumbsup:

[left is right]

23. while I certainly pray that they land safely

I can't help but wonder about routine maintenance. Shouldn't a weakness in the tires have been caught and tires replaced before takeoff?

[SIU_Blue]

27. Often this is not a maintinence issue

The crash of the Concorde not too long ago was a result of debris on the runway shredding the tires, which then got ingested by the engines.

The fact that both tires, and not just 1, were destroyed is a good clue that this incident was most likely caused by some other factor (something on the runway?)

Oh well, we'll wait for the official NTSB report.

Hope this answers your question.

[Jacobin]

30. good guess

both left main tires blowing could be debris on the runway

[heartofthesiskiyou]

24. Give them pilots a raise

very pro

[SIU_Blue]

25. The unsung heros of the situation - the engineers at Embraer

This situation could have gone very differently if the landing gear had collapsed, as happens sometimes in these situations. A truly great job of design by the Brasillian Aircraft company.

Not to take away from the piloting of course.

:D

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26. Rubber tires compliment of the Dubai Company?

[SIU_Blue]

29. Actually, they are made by Goodyear.

Want to buy one?

http://www.airsuppliers.com/Embraer_Neiva_tires.htm

:P

[cal04]

28. Plane landed safely

thank goodness