Nail in tyre at OOL last night??

[Nigel C]

The tyre would have seen the look in his eye and repaired itself.

[Clarke P]

Originally Posted by 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!

Wow that's strange!

Anyway there were "works" around Coolangatta Airport, especially near where the QF/JQ aircraft stand.

Looked like the usual area where the aircraft stand in front of Gates 1/2/3 was closed off for construction or something, we had to walk probably 2-3minutes airside to reach the aircraft.

Guess it probably was a nail then!

[Brenden S]

20 min turn around, surely they could have done a tyre change within that, myself and 2 other engineers manage to change a 717 tyre the other day in 25 mins, and that was from getting the gear in the hangar, inflating the tyre, jack, change, de jack, paperwork done all in 25mins. (It was pretty good considering the distance from the hangar to the ramp.)

[Adam P.]

Don't swallow the mouthpiece, Brenden.





...of that trumpet you're blowing.

[Bernie P]

Originally Posted by Brenden S

myself and 2 other engineers manage to change a 717 tyre the other day in 25 mins

Are you looking for a new job with Holden Racing Team by chance???

[Clarke P]

Originally Posted by Brenden S

20 min turn around, surely they could have done a tyre change within that, myself and 2 other engineers manage to change a 717 tyre the other day in 25 mins, and that was from getting the gear in the hangar, inflating the tyre, jack, change, de jack, paperwork done all in 25mins. (It was pretty good considering the distance from the hangar to the ramp.)

Jetstar ground staff said 40mins, obviously they don't work as hard as you do.

[Philip Argy]

A cynical person might conclude that only one of the two teams WANTED to change the wheel quickly.

[Clarke P]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

A cynical person might conclude that only one of the two teams WANTED to change the wheel quickly.

You think that would've been the supposed 40 minute crew - we were the ones pushing curfew.

[Brenden S]

Well, 5 mins before dep the captain decided he didnt want to take the aeroplane..... So we had to make it quick, normally it takes 1 guy a hour to change the tyre.

[Chris Tully]

• Was there a spare available?
• Was the nail detected too close to the 'latest time of departure to make curfew'?

The nail could have been identified at boarding which would have made it impossible to change the tyre and make curfew.

You need to consider these factors Brendan