Passengers and crew of two aircraft--a Thai Airways Boeing 777 and a Biman DC 10--were unhurt when tyres of the planes burst while landing at Zia International Airport (ZIA) in Dhaka and Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong yesterday.
The Boeing with around 300 passengers and crew on board burst one of its tyres at ZIA on arrival from Bangkok, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd sources said.
"One of the tyres of the aircraft burst soon after it touched down at Zia International Airport at 12:10pm," an airport high official told The Daily Star.
"Emergency workers evacuated the passengers from the plane," he said, adding, "The plane left ZIA at 2:30pm after changing its burst tyre."
The same thing happened at Shah Amanat International Airport while a Biman DC10-30 was landing around 12:30pm.
"One of the tyres of the aircraft burst and three others were damaged," a Biman high official said.
The flight from Abudhabi was destined for Dhaka via Chittagong.
"All the passengers of the aircraft were evacuated safely," the official added.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday sent spare wheels and engineers to Chittagong.
On July 3, passengers and crew of another Biman DC10-30 escaped unhurt when six of its tyres exploded while landing at ZIA.
Sourece: Daily Star dated 2008-08-20
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