paulchiangmai 134 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Perhaps there was a bomb inside? What, do they not use steel tred tyres I know they do not use steel treds on cars here. Just looked at my car tyres and it clearly states 2 steel. Link to post Share on other sites
SantiSuk 3,382 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Chinese inner tubes? I dunno - I'm (palpably) not a specialist ... unlike most people on these airline threads Link to post Share on other sites
JoeThePoster 4,135 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 THAI should just pimp out the mag wheels and put some TRD stickers on the planes. That would make them faster and safer. Link to post Share on other sites
slipperylobster 6,443 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I know I am at great risk for saying this; "Thailand, the hub of wheels with no hubs(caps)." Link to post Share on other sites
slipperylobster 6,443 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 it's good it burst on the ground. It would be more frightening if it burst on the sky Yeah...all those nails in the air..... Link to post Share on other sites
wileycoyote 157 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I am pleased that no one was hurt & injured Link to post Share on other sites
flyingdoc 531 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Surely the photographs tell all? How can it possibly be claimed that this is merely a deflated tyre? Shredded might be a more accurate description! Link to post Share on other sites
MrY 249 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Really? Nobody checking for these things now? They only check AFTER something happens. No need to check before because everything is fine. In this case, correct. Flat spotting a tire is usually where the troubleshooting starts. Normally you just don't get unlucky enough to skin a tire all the way down until it blows, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garry 554 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Really? Nobody checking for these things now? They only check AFTER something happens. No need to check before because everything is fine. In this case, correct. Flat spotting a tire is usually where the troubleshooting starts. Normally you just don't get unlucky enough to skin a tire all the way down until it blows, though. True thry are a rare event. The only time I've seen a skid blowout, was on a Tornado that had had a hyd system failure, which in that particular day dropped the anti-skid system out of the loop. The pilot wore out all main tyres down to the rim and into the rims/wheels. The arrested landing using the emergency hook had been botched, which didn't help but that's another story. Link to post Share on other sites
toybits 1,996 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) The attached photo shows a flat spot at area where tire became - to borrow the term, IMPRACTICABLE. It clearly flat spotted. Look at the groves on the tire. The area where the tire became IMPRACTICABLE does not have any grove!!! That means, it is not a tire problem but a brake problem - meaning "IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN!". Don't think I will be Flying Thai - anytime soon... Edited November 7, 2013 by toybits 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Garry 554 Posted November 7, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) I've been flying Thai for over 13 years and many other Middle East carriers and I won't be throwing my toys out of the cot anytime soon over a simple tyre blowout. Edited November 7, 2013 by Garry 3 Link to post Share on other sites
sceadugenga 3,040 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Nor I Garry, nor I. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
sceadugenga 3,040 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Qantas fliers take note. Fears over safety as Qantas closes Avalon facility, axes 300 jobsQantas' move to send more maintenance work overseas - at the cost of hundreds of Victorian jobs - will make the airline less safe, one of the nation's biggest unions warns. Qantas on Friday axed 300 engineering jobs at its Avalon heavy maintenance facility near Geelong, as the airline moves work on its remaining 747 jumbos to Brisbane and overseas. Ben Davis, state secretary of the Australian Workers Union, said the sackings were likely to see more work sent offshore. This would result in the airline becoming less safe, he said. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/fears-over-safety-as-qantas-closes-avalon-facility-axes-300-jobs-20131108-2x774.html#ixzz2k7E7TUpl Link to post Share on other sites
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