Aircraft tyre bursts after landing in KIA

BENGALURU: The tyre of the landing gear of a Dreamliner flight of Thai Airways from Bangkok to Bengaluru burst at the Kempegowda International Airport with 260 passengers while docking into the bay after landing on Tuesday night. The passengers were not endangered in any way, said a reliable airport source. As a consequence, the return leg of the flight from Bengaluru to Bangkok on Wednesday morning could not take place and the flyers will board the flight early on Thursday.

A source said that after landing at 11:30 pm, the flight was taxiing from the runway to the terminal to the international parking bay, one of the 12 wheels of the flight on its right got deflated. The ground staff noticed it and alerted the officials.