THAI plane tyres 'had low pressure'

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THAI plane tyres 'had low pressure'

Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 12.17
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Thai Airways International (THAI) denied Saturday that a tyre on a flight from India had exploded, but said the Airbus 330 made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi airport because two tyres had low pressure.

Sorajak Kasemsuvan (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha)

"The plane tyre did not burst or explode on landing as reported but the left and right front tyres had low pressure," THAI president Sorajak Kasemsuvan said.

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spiceman
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Discussion 11 : 18 Mar 2013 at 09.0711
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Khun Loyhaasip #10, thank you so much for your info regarding low tyre pressure monitoring system on aircrafts. I've never flown anything that has more than 3 tires, not to mention such a sophisticated failsafe system. I once took off from San Diego's Lindbergh Field on a Cessna 150 with my CFI, only to be surprised after landing with the starboard tyre going flat while taxing off the active runway. My 2007 Toyota Prius, to my surprise, has a basic low tyre pressure monitoring system too. One morning, a warning light came on and upon opening the manual, I was totally dumbfounded. And yes, one of the tires had a leak! God bless Toyota!
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Discussion 10 : 17 Mar 2013 at 19.4510
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Disc 4 phetpeter
The Airbus A330-300 is a 200 tonnes plus, aircraft - it is not like a Honda Jazz!
You do not "feel a wobble, which would indicate low tyre pressure" when you taxi this aircraft.
The tyre pressure is continually monitored and alarms will sound on low (or high) pressure.
The aircraft was flying to home base anyway - would you expect it to return to Kolkata in this instance?
You are correct with the Pan-pan call. This was a caution situation, not life threatening, however your "controlled land, tail heavy" is another fiction!
FYI, ALL landings are "controlled"
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Discussion 9 : 17 Mar 2013 at 19.049
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You have obviously never flown with Thai Airways. If you had, you would have noticed that, in common with ALL other airlines in the world, one of the pilots does a walk around of the aircraft as part of the standard pre-flight checks. For somebody who claims to have a pilots license, insinuating that Thai Airways pilots do not do this, showss that your knowledge of the basics seems to be a little lacking to say the least. Maybe a pilots license is easier to obtain in the US, but I don't think so.
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Discussion 8 : 17 Mar 2013 at 15.518
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Same thing just happened in Auckland, New Zealand. Plane was flying in from Bangkok - nzherald.co.nz
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Discussion 7 : 17 Mar 2013 at 12.217
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According to the Thai spokesperson, the tyres were only underinflated and did not blow out. If that is the case then why did they need to leave the passengers onboard for more than an hour and could they not have taxied the plane to a disembarkation area. After all the tyres with low pressure stood up to the forces involved in landing and the taxiing forces are no where as severe as those experienced in landing.
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Discussion 6 : 17 Mar 2013 at 06.216
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Khun Darkside #5, first, may I ask whether you are being forced against your will to live in an "ignorant and scary place to be!", aka, Thailand? Second, do you still remember a crash of a commuter plane in Buffalo, NY, in 2009, when the two pilots crashed their perfectly good airplane (with all tires properly inflated too) into the ground killing all 49 souls on board. It is arguably one of the stupidest fatal accidents in commercial aviation. May ask what nationality were those two (dead) pilots? And I thought only the Chinese pilots had a monopoly on this sort of thing?

"Judge not, that you be not judged." (Matthew 7:1)
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Discussion 5 : 16 Mar 2013 at 20.255
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Thai's are lousy drivers when it comes to automobiles and motorscooters. We all know this. Thai's are also like Chinese when it comes to maintenance, which is a word that they don't even have in their daily vocabulary. I am a mere mortal who has a lowly private pilots license issued in the US back in 1981. When ever I go to fly an aircraft I must, by the rules of the real world, inspect that aircraft. Wheels and tires are on the list. Thailand is an ignorant and scary place to be!
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Discussion 4 : 16 Mar 2013 at 19.024
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Sounds like when the plane was on its take off roll, a wobble was felt by the crew, which would indicate low tyre pressures, It would not be noticed in taxi (or was it? and the crew told to fly on, Cheaper to replace at Home base!). The same feeling,if you have unbalanced wheels on your car. It is unlikely the pilots called a 'Mayday' but, would have called a 'Pan Pan' One would expect the pilot to do a controlled land, tail heavy, but more likely to have punched in the details in the aircraft computer and allowed the plane to make the landing. There would be very little danger,the metal wheels are capable , if the tyres are damaged.
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Discussion 3 : 16 Mar 2013 at 15.383
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If the two front tyres were damaged after striking debris on the departure runway, the low pressure would not show until after departure.
Any under-inflation would have been noticed during the standard pre-flight inspection.
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Discussion 2 : 16 Mar 2013 at 14.572
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As I understand it could have landed without tyre pressure . aren't the rims designed to "run flat".Please stop trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
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