Takeoff Is Aborted After Tires Blow Out on American Airways Flight

An American Airways flight was compelled to abort takeoff after blowing out its tires on Wednesday, July 10.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned in an announcement that the incident occurred shortly earlier than 8:00 a.m., as American Airways Flight 590 was scheduled to journey to Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport from Tampa Worldwide Airport.

Flight crew members reported the plane having “a number of blown tires,” and passengers had been deplaned on the taxiway earlier than being bussed again to the terminal.

A video of the incident filmed by Capt. Steven Markovich and uploaded on YouTube exhibits one of many airplane’s rear tires breaking up because the plane accelerated on the runway.

After darkish black smoke and fireplace sparks quickly appeared, the airplane was seen reducing pace and making a cease. The practically eight-minute clip later confirmed emergency response automobiles arriving on the scene.

A social media consumer claiming to have been on the flight commented beneath Markovich’s video that the airplane was “midway down the runway and getting up to the mark once we heard [a] loud bang and felt a shudder and braked laborious.”

“There wasn’t a lot runway left once we lastly stopped, absolutely loaded and 4 hours of gasoline. Once we stopped, the captain mentioned the firetrucks had been coming solely out of an abundance of warning, however from row 30, we might see flames,” the traveler recalled, noting that the “tires on one facet shredded and burned, the opposite two had been flat.”

“I am very appreciative the pilot stored it underneath management, and it did not blow out any later within the takeoff,” the commenter added.

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“American Airways flight 590 with service from Tampa (TPA) to Phoenix (PHX) skilled a mechanical difficulty on the runway previous to taking off,” a spokesperson for the airline mentioned in an announcement to PEOPLE. “Clients safely deplaned and had been bussed to the terminal. We by no means wish to disrupt our clients’ journey plans and apologize for any inconvenience this may increasingly have brought on.”

There have been additionally no accidents among the many 174 clients and 6 crew members aboard, the airline mentioned, including that the difficulty “concerned a number of the plane’s tires.” The purchasers left TPA on a alternative flight, the airline mentioned.