Tuifly flight 2175 , burst tyre while take off

Created on Thursday, 14 November 2013 10:30 |

11 November 2013

Tuifly charter flight X3-2175 , Boeing 737-800 registration D-AHFW from Fuerteventura Spain to Stuttgart Germany with 162 passengers and 6 crew members took off from Fuerteventura airport but burst a tyre.The crew it was en route when informed from controller that a tyre debris was found back to airport and was belonging to them.The crew decided to continued for their destination and upon arrived to Stuttgart declared an emergency and asked the presence of emergency services.Airplane landed safely on runway 07.

After checks they found the left main gear damaged

Airline confirmed the incident

D-AHFW