Airasia's FAX Tyre Bursts Afer Landing At Mulu Airport

MULU, April 13 (Bernama) -- A Fly Asian Xpress (FAX) Fokker F-50 aircraft which carried Miri Police Chief ACP Abang Abdillah Othman, and members of the media including a Bernama reporter burst one of its tyres after landing at the airport, here Friday.
However, no casualty was reported in the incindent that occurred a few minutes after the aircraft landed at this rural airport at about 2.10 pm while it was taxiing towards the terminal when one of the two right rear tyres suddenly burst.
The aircraft had earlier taken off at 1.40pm from Miri airport with just over 20 passengers.
An explosion was heard when the aircraft made a turn upon landing and a passenger later saw one of the right rear tyres was deflated as the aircraft made its way to the airport tarmac.
A FAX staff at the airport said that it was rather fortunate that the incident occurred after the aircraft had landed as the situation could have been worse should the tyre explode at the time when the aircraft hit the runaway.
Bernama learnt that the incident had been reported to the FAX hub office in Miri and the airline had despatched a smaller aircarft, a De Havilland Twin Otter aircarft here to bring passengers who were supposed to return to Miri on board the Fokker F50 return flight.