Nail in tyre at OOL last night??

[Clarke P]

Hey guys, was supposed to be on JQ429 to SYD from OOL last night, but factors at other airports were apparently delaying every airline's flights all day.

2105 sched. turned into queuing by row to make the SYD curfew.. we were led outside, about to board around 2140, and everyone got told to go back inside as we wouldn't be flying because a nail got into a tyre upon landing.

Was this true, or was it a way by which to cancel the flight because by the time it reached Sydney it would have been past curfew?

Cheers

[Andrew McLaughlin]

It could have been a nail, although I find it difficult to see how a nail could find its way into an aircraft's tyre?!?

Perhaps Nigel could assist on the likelihood of such an event happening?

[Rhys Xanthis]

more likely a bit of debris than a nail? something that fell off a plane when landing/taking off?

[Nigel C]

Depends if there have been taxiway or runway works where the aircraft has taxied over. A nail is likely to sit in the grooves of the runway, and would be difficult to spot diring any inspection.


Some strange things get found on inspections...many years ago (7 or 8) I found a 50ml syringe on 16R near Bravo-10. How it got there is anybody's guess!

[Chris Tully]

It was a nail.

[Raymond Rowe]

So what was the outcome.

[Chris Tully]

Very simple. Nail in tyre = wheel change. Time to change wheel = not making Sydney curfew. Not making Sydney curfew = flight cancelled.

[Craig Murray]

Originally Posted by Raymond Rowe

So what was the outcome.

They towed it over to the BP across the road, pumped more air into than Angelina Jolie has in her lips and hey presto the problem was solved.

The real question is, what would Chuck Norris have done?

[Craig Murray]

[Seth Jaworski]

Chuck Norris would have roundhouse kicked it- that's more effective than any repair kit!