A tyre on a China Airlines flight exploded during landing
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A tyre on a China Airlines flight exploded during landing
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Two tyres explode on China Airlines
Looking at these picture from the Daily Mail, it appears to be quite a bit of heavy breaking, wondering it an result from an unstable approach?
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Looks like the both left gear wheels locked up, that what appear to cause by manual braking
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Looks like the both left gear wheels locked up, that what appear to cause by manual braking
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