American Airlines 590 Tire Explodes On Takeoff Catches Fire Tampa Airport

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peOQDmA0yWo
Published: Jul 11, 2024
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2024-07-11 12:34:40 by Horse
Views: 747

Poster Comment:

DEI workers at tire factories?

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#1: DWornock    To: Horse (#0)

If airport emergency crews are that slow, if there was a plane crash full of injured and dying people, it would be they were removed and taken to the hospital. In the meantime the severely injured would be dying like flies.

DWornock posted on 2024-07-11 12:50:33   Reply   Private Reply

#2: ghostrider    To: Horse (#0)

Not the tire factories, the airline's maintenance workers.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-11 13:21:34   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Pinguinite    To: DWornock (#1)

Seems they were at the plane less than 4 minutes from the instant the tire blew out while landing. Doesn't seem slow to me. They have to get the call, suit up, get on the trucks, start the trucks and get to the plane.

Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-11 13:57:24   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Horse    To: ghostrider (#2)

I would want to know how many times that tire was on takeoff and landings compared to others.

Horse posted on 2024-07-11 14:42:39   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#4)

I would want to know how many times that tire was on takeoff and landings compared to others.

Should be standard maintenance info.

I recall my AF pilot brother saying that the T-38 trainer had tires with 12 steel belts in them. They would replace the tires when there were only about 6 left.

Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-11 14:53:44   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

Not necessarily a case of the tire being defective. Could have been a faulty brake, rim, or other related component.

Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-11 14:55:39   Reply   Private Reply

#7: ghostrider    To: Pinguinite (#6)

That and what if any tire air pressure.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-11 17:19:41   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Pinguinite    To: ghostrider (#7)

True, it could have been flat. Or something on the runway. That's what killed that Concord jet so long ago. But Boeing has indeed had obviously quality problems lately.

Pinguinite posted on 2024-07-11 21:13:46   Reply   Private Reply

#9: ghostrider    To: Pinguinite (#8)

There were a number of people killed changing tires because the people who were tasked with deflating the tire didn't so the rims forcibly separate when the nuts and bolts are removed.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-11 21:43:28   Reply   Private Reply