Air Canada under carriage incident

Board Walker

So ACA837 is currently circling south east of Madrid after supposedly the under carriage falling off and hitting an engine shortly after take off...... Thats the headline on a lot of story's but i think its more likely that the tyre burst.

Rhys Essien

Current view out the window. Being escorted by a F-18

https://twitter.com/blackdragon1802/status/1224381917497319427?s=21

Hope all ends well.

Tazio

circling for 3.5 hours? are they trying to get fuel weight down I wonder?


EDIT yes... burning fuel

https://twitter.com/engineerGuido/status/1224376676441784324

The One Doctor

Bit odd to have an F18 in formation with the 767. Yes they can check the gear for the pilots, but otherwise they're a hazard.

Board Walker

Thats exactly what they are doing.

Youd wonder why wait 30 minutes before informing the tower, i imagine if it did fall off it fell off in the first 30 seconds

Rhys Essien

Guy on board live tweeting saying it’s a tyre ( or part of) that went into engine.

https://twitter.com/thelastfedor/status/1224379899747741697?s=21

Rhys Essien

Anyone know if it can land if one of the two tyres is gone at the front or will it immediately collapse?

Van.Bosch

Landed safely

Caranica

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Anyone know if it can land if one of the two tyres is gone at the front or will it immediately collapse?

Blew a tyre on landing in Bristol about 18 months in the middle of a storm. It was rocky but we made it to the gate.

billie1b

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Anyone know if it can land if one of the two tyres is gone at the front or will it immediately collapse?

It would land no problems on a blown tyre, I reckon 75% of the tyres could be gone and it’d still be fine

Tyre on left main is missing, don’t think it went in to the engine considering the mains are a good distance behind the engine.