Punctured tyre blamed for KLM flight’s emergency landing.
Investigators have been looking into the incident involving a KLM flight to Amsterdam on December 28.
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According to investigators, a punctured tyre could have caused the emergency landing of the KLM flight to Amsterdam on December 28. Norwegian authorities are now investigating a possible hydraulic issue that led to the dramatic mid-flight emergency after the aircraft took off from Oslo, with the tyre debris possibly damaging the Boeing 737’s hydraulic system.
The KLM flight bound for Amsterdam from Oslo was diverted to Sandefjord after a loud noise was heard during takeoff. The Boeing 737, carrying 176 passengers and six crew members on board, landed safely but veered off the runway and onto the grass at low speed. Thankfully, no one was injured, and all passengers are being well looked after.
Passengers were taken to Oslo and provided with hotel accommodation on the day of the incident. A new aircraft picked them up the next day. KLM’s technical team are also investigating the incident in collaboration with local authorities and the airport.
According to Norway’s state accident investigation board (Statens Havarikommisjon), a tyre issue is the ‘most probable’ explanation for the scare that forced the flight to make the nail-biting emergency manoeuvre Torp Airport in Sandefjord, southwest of Oslo.
In a twist, Norway’s state airports agency Avinor, have also confirmed that parts of the KLM jet were found on the runway at Oslo’s main airport, Gardermoen, where the flight had initially taken off.
Fortunately, there were no injuries reported during the scare. However, the incident did cause the temporary closure of Torp Airport, which in turn left around 5,000 other passengers stranded until the aircraft was examined and towed off the runway.
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