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Old Sep 21, 2017 | 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by Jumbodriver
Neither were actually tyre bursts either.

One was some tread detaching from a main wheel and hitting the wing, and the other was a nose wheel damaged by a push back tug.
Ah, that's interesting.

Odd, perhaps, for the Captain to simply say it was a 'burst tyre', but then I suppose that was far easier than explaining something that passengers may not understand.

Thanks for the info jumbodriver

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