US: Plane tyre blows off during take-off, makes emergency landing as passengers 'cry, scream'
Representational image of Southwest Airlines flight.
In another mid-air scare, a plane's tyre blew off and forced it to make an emergency landing in Colorado, United States.
Southwest AirlinesFlight225 took off from DenverInternational Airport just after 6.30 pm (local time) on Monday (June 3) and was en route to Arizona but it was forced to turn back after 41 minutes, as per FlightAware.
After one of the plane's tyres burst during take-off, the flight made an emergency landing at the Denver International Airport. No injuries were reported in the incident.
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The airline, in a statement on Friday (June 7), said, "Southwest Flight 225 returned safely to Denver on Monday, June 3, after a tire failed during takeoff. Following standard Safety procedures, the Pilots declared an emergency prior to landing. The flight landed without incident and taxied off the runway. A separate aircraft operated the scheduled flight to Phoenix."
The airline in the statement further thanked its flight crew for "their professionalism" and its customers for "their patience".
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Passengers describe harrowing experienceand speak of 'loud noise' as tyre blew off
Passenger Julianna Donadio, who is a Boulder resident, said that it was a scary scene aboard the flight after they heard a loud and frightening noise as the tire blew during the takeoff.
"We knew we blew a tyre, but we didn’t know what the landing gear situation was," said Donadio, while speaking to KDVR.
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Donadio stated that the passengers were informed by the flight attendants that an emergency landing would happen and "we started to panic a little bit".
"When the flight attendants said we were going to have an emergency landing, we started to panic a little bit. People were definitely crying and screaming and trying to console one another. When we landed everyone was cheering and clapping," she added.
“They started preparing us for crash position, so having our head between our knees, and they were informing the emergency exit line how to open the doors and operate potentially the slides," the passenger further said.
(With inputs from agencies)