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Freedom ERJ Blows Tire in Atlanta…Continues to Dayton.

By miller22 | September 26, 2007


Flight 6082, a Freedom Airlines ERJ-145 was taking-off from Atlanta for Dayton when passengers and crew heard a loud bang. The aircraft had blown a tire on takeoff ATL, and the captain decided to continue to Dayton where an emergency landing was made succesfully. Passengers gave the pilot a standing ovation, after the airplane came to a full stop on the runway.

If I were a passenger on that aircraft, I would have been furious that the crew continued to Dayton. The runways are shorter in Dayton than in Atlanta, nobody knew if there was any other damage to the aircraft when tire blew in Atlanta, and at high cruise speeds any small damage can become catastrophic. I would not be suprised to hear the FAA become involved with this crew who decided to leave an airport with some of the longest strips of pavement in the country, and fly 500 miles to declare an emergency and land on a much shorter runway.

After the tragedy of the Concorde, pilots should be well aware of the possibility of catastrophic damage from runway debris on takeoff, including your own tire.

ERJ-145 with blown tire.

ERJ-145 with blown tire.

Topics: Delta, Embraer, ERJ, Wierd Airline News | 8 Comments »

  • duh

    Except for the fact that the Concorde has VERY low engines and the RJ, very hight….

  • Dr. A. J. Parmet

    Except the Concord had the FOD go through the wing. Low mounted engines had nothing to do with it. FOD is deadly to your own aircraft and others. NASA lost a 990 to self-induced tire FOD. Runways behind you are as useless as the air above.

  • Stephen

    I was on the flight and the Pilot did mention that at the time we were too heavy with fuel to make an immediate landing back in ATL and we should continue to DAY. I was wishing I was not on that plane at that moment and would have been more than happy for the plane to land at any airport. We continued to DAY with the plane vibrating (like the first car you ever owned) and after an aborted landing ant DAY continued to fly around DAY for what seemed like forever before making the landing. IMO its just a lot more adrenaline than you need on a Monday morning. and we should not have been flying around in that thing for 2 and half hours.

  • Rule62

    It is my understanding (as a captain in an RJ) that the PIC is suppose to land at the nearest suitable airport. The fact that you have to make an over weight landing is a concern but holding over ATL….(nice and close to all of those crash and fire guys) is a more conservative decision than flying 500 miles, at altitude, away from crash and rescue services, with unknown damage to your A/C…..but then again MESA only gets paid when they complete a flight….

  • Ryan

    So what, let the pilot use his judgement and he will have to deal with the consequences if he makes the wrong decision. This means that you better believe he thought the plane was safe. If I were on the flight I would rather land at my planned destination because of the high chance that everything will be fine.

  • Ricardo Mendes

    first time I saw your blog. very good!
    looks to me that pilots are ‘ obligated’ to fly no matter the adverse conditions… is that true? would this happen in a ‘ major’ airline?
    what you mention that they only get paid if they compelte the flight.. scary…
    and, finally, the comment from Stephen make me even more scare!

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