MCO 4 flat tires gate to runway
Sep 27, 20, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by cmd320
Wow, that must have been a brutal landing...
Sep 27, 20, 5:00 pm
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Originally Posted by telloh
The thread title is wrong. The tires deflated after a high-speed rejected takeoff, which caused the fuse plugs (thermal sensitive inflation pressure release devices) in the tires to activate. It didn't taxi off the gate like that!
Sep 30, 20, 9:18 pm
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Originally Posted by cmd320
Interesting, that makes more sense. Though in the photos, the aircraft is clearly on a taxiway. Is it possible they were able to exit the runway and taxi onto a parallel taxiway with the tires that flat? Or would they have deflated later on after the actual rejection?
