Did punctured tyre cause KLM flight emergency?

Based on investigators, a punctured tyre may have brought about the emergency touchdown of the KLM flight to Amsterdam on December 28. Norwegian authorities are actually investigating a potential hydraulic situation that led to the dramatic mid-flight emergency after the plane took off from Oslo, with the tyre particles presumably damaging the Boeing 737’s hydraulic system.

The KLM flight sure for Amsterdam from Oslo was diverted to Sandefjord after a loud noise was heard throughout takeoff. The Boeing 737, carrying 176 passengers and 6 crew members on board, landed safely however veered off the runway and onto the grass at low pace. Fortunately, nobody was injured, and all passengers are being nicely taken care of.

Passengers had been taken to Oslo and supplied with resort lodging on the day of the incident. A brand new plane picked them up the following day. KLM’s technical staff are additionally investigating the incident in collaboration with native authorities and the airport.

Based on Norway’s state accident investigation board (Statens Havarikommisjon), a tyre situation is the ‘most possible’ clarification for the scare that pressured the flight to make the nail-biting emergency manoeuvre Torp Airport in Sandefjord, southwest of Oslo.

In a twist, Norway’s state airports company Avinor, have additionally confirmed that elements of the KLM jet had been discovered on the runway at Oslo’s principal airport, Gardermoen, the place the flight had initially taken off.

Luckily, there have been no accidents reported throughout the scare. Nonetheless, the incident did trigger the short-term closure of Torp Airport, which in flip left round 5,000 different passengers stranded till the plane was examined and towed off the runway.

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