SAS flights to Trondheim had to turn after taking off – Aftenposten

SAS flights to Trondheim had to turn after taking off – Aftenposten

SAS aircraft, which took off from Las Palmas clock 15.22 Saturday had to turn after it had taken off. Onboard were 171 passengers bound for Trondheim after having been traveling in vacation paradise.

Among the Ståle Engdal from Trondheim.

– Most on board heard a bang before the plane drove onto the runway, he says to Adresseavisen.

Also Bente K. Moholt Risan from Frosta heard bang.

– It was terrible that the plane took off, since we heard puncture on tour out to the runway. I am shocked that the plane took off, she says.

– Dramatic

After the aircraft had come in the air, the captain of the aircraft have received information from the tower at the airport that it were found the remains of one tire on the ground. Passengers on board was informed that one tire on the plane was punctured, according Engdal.

– Therefore, we flew at low altitude over the control tower so that they could see the wheel on the plane, said Trondheim man.

He says that after a short time was told that the plane was returning to the airport, but that they could not land immediately because the plane had to burn fuel before landing.

– In the airplane was we provide information about how we should conduct ourselves during landing. What precautions we had to take, how we should behave and what we should make us something unexpected would happen, he informs.

According Engdal there were many families, including children, on board.

– We felt it was dramatic, he said.

When the plane landed, stood fire departments and other emergency services at the airstrip, says Engdal.

– Forced to turn

Press Contact SAS, Cathrine Sandegren confirms that the plane had to turn back.

– The plane was forced to turn back. It was a totally normal landing. The reason they turned was that they got indications that there was problem with one of the wheels, says press contact Cathrine Sandegren SAS.

She says that indications showed that there was something rubber that was damaged in one wheel.

– why they chose to land for security reasons, said Sandegren.

The passengers aboard has been offered to sleep in the night.

– The plan is that they will get new aircraft as soon as possible Sunday, she said.

The plane was in the air for a longer time after it took off.

– The plane had to circulate in the air , to burn fuel, so it was not as heavy as it would land, informs Sandegren.

Published: 20.des. 2014 11:56 p.m.