Timeline for Why burn fuel at departure airport instead of flying to destination before emergency landing due to deflated tire?
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| Dec 26, 2015 at 1:44 | comment | added | Jon Story | Indeed, but even if he raised the gear before seeing the pressure warning, there's still the question of whether there was damage to the wing from whatever damaged the tire. If in doubt, get the aircraft back on the ground and check! | |
| Dec 24, 2015 at 0:40 | history | edited | fooot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 23, 2015 at 23:38 | history | edited | DeltaLima♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 23, 2015 at 22:47 | comment | added | Johnny | @user19474 - Ahh, now that would make sense -- if the pilot saw the low tire pressure warning before raising the gear and decided not to raise the gear in case, for example, the tire blew out leaving loose pieces that might interfere with the mechanism preventing the gear from bring lowered again. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 22:26 | comment | added | user19474 | @Johnny But why was the tire deflated? The crew did not have an answer to that question. If, as Ralph suggests, they hadn't raised the gear yet, then it would be a good idea to leave it alone. Maybe whatever deflated the tire also damaged the gear. | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 21:55 | comment | added | Johnny | But assuming that the article is correct (there are some aftermarket tire pressure sensing systems for the 737) and the only problem was a suspected flat tire, why not go to the destination airport? I understand that if the gear is down, then that affect's the planes aerodynamics and it wouldn't be wise to proceed) | |
| Dec 23, 2015 at 21:33 | history | answered | Ralph J♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |