KFI: An Air Canada plane was forced to return to the airport after one of its wheels fell off seconds after takeoff. A passenger was recording the sparking wheel as the aircraft cruised down the runway. As soon as the tire was no longer touching the ground, it popped off and landed on the runway. read more
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Must’ve been a rough landing.
Not really on topic,,,
Thanks for the remembrance of Johnny in the pix,,,
He was the BEST!
Bearing failure?
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Air Trudeau…the wheels always come off
I’m tired of poor maintenance
Mansfield lovell – Speaking of maintenance, it sure wouldn’t take much to do a quick inspection after each landing as the plane rolls into the gate area with an infrared camera to spot a wheel bearing problem or any other unusual hot spots for that matter.
Silly people, planes don’t need wheels to fly.
Younger people do not feel like doing their jobs.
They are too busy staring at their phones.
It is the result of trophies for everyone for years.
Someone was a little complacent and didn’t do his proper maintenance job of a preflight inspection before that plane took off.
“Someone was a little complacent and didn’t do his proper maintenance job of a preflight inspection before that plane took off.”
And will probably get a promotion to get him out of the maintenance crew.
Not just Canada.
US FedGov does the same thing.
izlamo delenda est …
@TRF
Railroads use hot bearing detectors on their track waysides to identify a hot bearing before a train or locomotive axle locks up The cost of changing a car wheel set, or removing a traction motor combination, on a main line is very expensive,, and that doesn’t include the loss of the track for other trains to use.