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Incident to the Airbus A340 registered 5N-AAM operated by Azman Air on 13/04/2022 at Jeddah

Echauffement d'une roue du train principal gauche lors de l'atterrissage, éclatement du pneu au parking

Responsible entity

Saudi Arabia

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Saudi authorities:

After landing and during taxi to the parking area, the No.5 of Left MLG wheel temperature rose to 800° C. At the parking spot (4-4) the brake temperature gradually decreased to 450° C. All passengers normally disembarked normally. Approximately 20 Minutes later No.5 wheels burst damaging the left aft fuselage.