Thai Airways to investigate tyre burst at HSIA

Thai Airways will conduct an investigation into the incident of tyre burst on landing by one of its flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports UNB.

"THAI will conduct an investigation as to the cause of the incident. THAI do apologize to all passengers for any inconvenience this may cause," said the Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) in a statement.

Flight Lieutenant Pratana Patanasiri, THAI vice president, Aviation Safety, Security and Standards Department said the flight TG321, operated with Boeing 777-200 aircraft, departed from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport to Dhaka at 10.35 hours and arrived in Dhaka, at 12.10 hours (local time).

"During touchdown at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) there was heavy rain," reads the statement shared on its verified Facebook page.

Captain of the flight found out that the aircraft's tyres had burst and the captain took control of the aircraft until it landed safely.

The aircraft carried 172 passengers and 14 cabin crew. All the passengers and crew were safe with no injury.

The company urgently replaced spare parts necessary for the full operation of the aircraft and accommodated passengers who booked to travel on the return flight TG322 from Dhaka to Bangkok on Wednesday with a larger aircraft, Boeing 777-300.