Plane lost a wheel
 

[Closed] Plane lost a wheel

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''Reports on Twitter and Facebook says that ICE689 may have lost a wheel on take off. Preparing for emergency landing. http://goo.gl/5K1L N''


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 8:57 pm
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One wheel...don't they have 2 or 4 per under thingy?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:00 pm
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If it's the front one....


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:00 pm
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oh joy, something else for the 24hr rolling news to go mad over


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:00 pm
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christ that could get hypnotic


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:03 pm
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Is it dumping fuel atm?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:07 pm
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piece of piss:
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Posted : 18/05/2012 9:08 pm
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11 mins and stw is first page of Google. It's 'plane' not funny now...


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:09 pm
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i'm assuming this situation is less boring for the people on board...


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:10 pm
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What an amazing website!


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:11 pm
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in for landing now?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:12 pm
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is there a little explosion animation on the website if it doesn't quite go according to plan?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:12 pm
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final approach...


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:13 pm
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lets watch it is heading back

Could they not catch it on a conveyor belt ?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:14 pm
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It's down....


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:16 pm
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I somehow expected that to be more exciting


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:17 pm
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What happened ? 😯


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:17 pm
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it's disappeared
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Posted : 18/05/2012 9:17 pm
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Where's it gone?


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:17 pm
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It's down....

And not a fiery ostrich in sight 🙁


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:18 pm
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Twitter says landed safely.


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:18 pm
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Telt yes!


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:24 pm
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I was watching live - http://www.ruv.is/ruv/

But I'm still watching. Language is so soothing.


 
Posted : 18/05/2012 9:28 pm
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They've put the wheel back on ........I hope they've found all the bits for it 😐

[b][i]"According to information from Keflavík ariport the plane is expected to take off again at 23.00 tonight."[/i][/b]

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Breaking_News_Icelandair_Orlando_Plane_Makes_Safety_Landing_in_Keflav%C3%ADk_0_390139.news.aspx


 
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Posted : 19/05/2012 6:47 pm
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They've put the wheel back on ........I hope they've found all the bits for it

If they had to go onto jumbojetrunwayworld.com, I wonder if they if they reached a consensus of what tyre to plump for?


 
Posted : 19/05/2012 7:22 pm
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They've put the wheel back on ........I hope they've found all the bits for it

If they had to go onto jumbojetrunwayworld.com, I wonder if they if they reached a consensus of what tyre to plump for?

😆


 
Posted : 19/05/2012 7:44 pm
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I wonder what happened to the wheel? A 6ft wheel bouncing along at 250mph could do a lot of damage 🙂


 
Posted : 19/05/2012 8:45 pm
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As long as the conveyor was moving at 250mph it will be fine


 
Posted : 19/05/2012 8:57 pm