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08-30-2016, 04:40 PM
What happened to this plane after take off is the stuff of nightmares
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Just imagine that you're sitting on a plane after take off and you feel an odd shudder, have a casual look out of the window and see the tyre has burst.*
How's that for a perfect way to start your flight nightmare?*
Well, that's exactly what happened to the passengers of Flybe flight 1274 from Amsterdam to Manchester.*
The plane was forced to divert to Birmingham Airport, where it made an emergency landing. The airport was shut for half an hour due to the incident.*
Passenger Suhail Ahmed-Qadri posted pictures of the exploded tyre on Facebook:*
He told (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37214603) the BBC the cabin crew "couldn't believe it" when informed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/plane-burst-tyre-flybe-birmingham/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Just imagine that you're sitting on a plane after take off and you feel an odd shudder, have a casual look out of the window and see the tyre has burst.*
How's that for a perfect way to start your flight nightmare?*
Well, that's exactly what happened to the passengers of Flybe flight 1274 from Amsterdam to Manchester.*
The plane was forced to divert to Birmingham Airport, where it made an emergency landing. The airport was shut for half an hour due to the incident.*
Passenger Suhail Ahmed-Qadri posted pictures of the exploded tyre on Facebook:*
He told (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37214603) the BBC the cabin crew "couldn't believe it" when informed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/plane-burst-tyre-flybe-birmingham/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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