ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334030
| Date: | Thursday 9 April 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-APDF |
| MSN: | 6407 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 524 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beirut Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beirut Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Aircraft took off out of Beirut Airport, eleven minutes after a previous take-off attempt was abandoned due to engine overspeed. Nine minutes after take-off, at 13000 ft, the inner rear tyre on the starboard main gear burst, causing damage to the wing structure and affecting controllability. The captain decided to return immediately and make an overweight landing. During this landing other tyres burst and fire in both main-gear assemblies caused further damage.
Sources:
Flight, 8 June 1961
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