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Old Apr 21, 2015, 2:08 am
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
What I don't get is if the problem was with the tire, why did they need to turn back - if they anyways have to do an emergency landing but the flight won't be affected, why not continue to the destination and do the emergency landing there?
Because by that time maybe more pieces of the tire will have come off.
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