PRECAUTIONARY HEWA BORA

An MD 82 of Hewa Bora Airways experienced a tyre blow out on one of the 6 tyres when taking off from Kinshasa yesterday. The Pilot correctly orbited the airport to dump fuel as the fully fuelled aircraft was above its maximum allowed landing weight.

He then made a normal landing at Kinshasa

Source – email 23 June 2010
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