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Egypt Air 737 Blows all 4 Main Tyres on Landing

An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800 landed on Belgrade’s runway 30 at about 04:11L (02:11Z) but came to a stop on the runway with all 4 main tyres blown, the wheel rims damaging the runway surface. Luckily there were no injuries, the aircraft received minor damage, the runway surface was damaged, too.

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SU-GCO was performing positioning flight MS-3100 from Cairo (Egypt) to Belgrade (Serbia).

The runway was closed for about 8 hours as result, with a NOTAM in place: A3138/18 NOTAMR A3137/18
Q) LYBA/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4449N02018E005
A) LYBE B) 1809120540 C) 1809120900 EST
E) RWY 12/30 CLSD DUE TO DISABLED ACFT.

 

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