A Max Air Boeing 737 with 119 passengers and six crew members experienced rear gear tire bursts during takeoff from Yola Airport, but no injuries were reported.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Max Air aircraft carrying 119 passengers and six crew members was cleared for takeoff when its first rear gear tires burst. While attempting to taxi off the runway, the remaining two rear gear tires also burst.
This information was provided in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Bimbo Oladeji, at 11:22 pm on Sunday.
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Oladeji added that there were no deaths or injuries from the incident.
The statement read:
“This evening, Max Air’s flight NGL1649, a Boeing 737 with registration 5N-ADB, carrying 119 passengers and six crew members, was cleared for takeoff from Yola Airport en route to Abuja. During the takeoff roll, a loud bang was heard, identified as the bursting of the rear gear tires.
“Initially, two tires burst. While attempting to taxi off the runway, the remaining two tires also burst, rendering the aircraft completely disabled. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. A go-team, led by NSIB Director General Captain Alex Badeh Jr., will visit the incident site tomorrow morning to conduct an investigation.”
In a related incident, a 2023 report by the NSIB indicted the airline for overwriting the Cockpit Voice Recorder of a serious incident that occurred on May 7, 2023, during landing at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The report also accused the airline of feigning ignorance of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority’s All Operators Letter (NCAA/FSG/AOL/19/03) in respect of continuous overwriting of CVR information.
This was after an aircraft belonging to the same airline departed Abuja for Yola as NGL1648.
The NSIB report said that the aircraft was on the ground in Yola for about 30 minutes before the turnaround for Abuja.
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It was, however, gathered that after takeoff, the landing gear was left extended for three minutes to allow cooling due to the high temperature on the ground in Yola Airport,
but at 2:08 p.m., Nigerian Air Force personnel from the Air Force Hangar close to runway 35, reported to Yola Control Tower that an object “appearing like a tyre fell off from the departing NGL1649.”
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