According to comments on social media the pilots must have received a “hot brake”-warning after landing on an apparently short runway. Steve W.H. comments that the applied procedure can be very dangerous for people standing next to the brakes: “doesn’t anyone there realize that hot brakes can lead to a magnesium wheel explosion, not a pretty site when all the shrapnel takes many of that fan brigade out!!!…”
Devakaran Mukundan suggests AirAsia to buy the following cooling aids:
An experienced Airbus-pilot explains to Aviation24.be: “the brakes are clearly overheated, the correct procedure is to put the parking brake off (chocks on) and to wait for take-off till the brakes have a lower temperature. Using cardboard seems an unprofessional procedure to me.”
Aviation24.be asked AirAsia Philippines for an official reply.
This post was published on 9 January 2018 14:09
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