Tire punch holes in Lufthansa's Jumbo

It happened at the landing in São Paulo: parts of the tire hit the holes in the fuselage of a Boeing 747 of Lufthansa.

For the passengers LH506 from 10. February is a quite ordinary flight. Eleven hours after the Start in Frankfurt, they landed the next Morning on schedule in Sao Paulo. What you saw: When placed on runway 09R of the Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos-the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, Lufthansa has been damaged, like the incidents specialized Portal, Aviation Herald reported.

What had happened? At the landing of the Jumbo jet with the registration number D-ABYR, have solved parts of the profile of a tyre of the right main landing gear. They were hurled with full force against the underside of the Lufthansa aircraft. There, they beat holes in the hull. "It came with the landing of LH506 in Guarulhos to tyre damage when the Panels were damaged on the hull," confirms a spokesman for the airline.

Jumbo Jet already repaired

Bad everything was. "After repair the Boeing could be used 747-8 is around 48 hours later," said the spokesman of Lufthansa. On the return flight from 11. February to Frankfurt booked 355 passengers were rebooked.

Pictures of the damage you see in the above image gallery.

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