A Boeing plane leaving Tampa halted its take-off after a tire burst on the runway, giving off smoke and forcing passengers to exit the aircraft.
A Boeing 737 leaving Tampa International Airport was forced to abort its take-off after one of its tires blew out on the runway.American Airlines Flight 590 was scheduled to depart to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport from Florida at 7:30 a.m.However, while preparing to take off, the plane experienced a 'mechanical issue' in which a tire started breaking away and began to give off significant amounts of smoke.
We never want to disrupt our customers' travel plans and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.'The plane was a Boeing 737-800 and is just under eight years-old, according to aircraft database Planespotters.net.This follows a similar incident on Monday morning, in which a landing-gear wheel flew off a Boeing 757-200 passenger jet operated by United Airlines during its take-off from Los Angeles International Airport.
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