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Qantas De Havilland Dash 8-400 returns to Canberra, Australia after tire issue

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On 11 September, a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 (VH-QOI) operated domestic flight QF1420 between Canberra and Sydney, Australia. During take-off, part of the tread on the left hand main landing gear tire became detached. 

The aircraft safely returned to Canberra 30 minutes after its initial departure.

Featured image from Wikimedia: Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]

This post was published on 11 September 2019 22:11

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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