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Ramaprem
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 Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 12:20 pm |
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The wheel - reinvented by Brits.
A British Airways Airbus A380 set off from Hong Kong on May 5 with 22 round wheels -- but apparently touched down at London Heathrow with a bizarre square-shaped tire.
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Mike Smith
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 1:47 pm |
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....oh, you mean tyre 
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 2:07 pm |
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Look's like all the air has been deflated out of the tyre.
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Ramaprem
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 2:10 pm |
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You think    (That's exactly what happened.)
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Leewave
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 4:44 pm |
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Yeah, 's obvvious innit? Tire-tyre deflated at altitude with a slow leak, increasing pressure on descent flattened it.
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Ramaprem
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 4:51 pm |
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Ever happen to you, Dave?
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Leewave
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 5:16 pm |
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No, I have never seen that before. I've seen a lot of tyres and this is a very unusual event. But it must've been a slow leak obviously, and the tyre held on the rim during descent without leaking much.
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Ramaprem
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 5:20 pm |
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The maintenance crew and others involved also reported that this has never been seen before - by any of them.
But then, they've never even seen a tire. So it's to be expected.
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 5:34 pm |
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Or someone thought it was a good idea to "improve" on the early Allegro 'square' steering wheel...  Picture from
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