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Date: | Friday 18 May 2012 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 757-208 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | Icelandair |
Registration: | TF-FIJ |
MSN: | 25085/368 |
Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 191 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Keflavík International Airport - KEF/BIKF -
Iceland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
Destination airport: | SFB/KSFB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Icelandair Boeing 757-208(WL) on its way to Orlando-Sanford International Airport - SFB/KSFB, FL, USA, from Keflavík International Airport - KEF/BIKF, Iceland, had to turn around and make an emergency landing because one of its wheels fell off.
Once the pilot noticed the missing wheel, the plane was turned around for an emergency landing at the Keflavík airport in Reykjavik. The missing wheel was discovered on the runway where the plane departed from, according to officials.
No one was injured in the incident.
Sources:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/plane-headed-to-central-florida-loses-wheel-during-2364752.html [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dv.is/media/news/story/image/410796_3217034748153_1334895953_32470260_1911123083_o_jpg_800x800_sharpen_q95.jpg]
https://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=018171
http://www.ruv.is/frett/oryggislending-myndskeid (Landing video)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 February 2013 |
TF-FIJ |
Icelandair |
0 |
Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
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non |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2012 09:00 |
gerard57 |
Added |
19-May-2012 09:06 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants] |
19-May-2012 09:49 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
19-May-2012 18:42 |
Geno |
Updated [Source] |
20-May-2012 04:00 |
qwertyuiop |
Updated [Source] |