ASL Airlines Belgium Boeing 747-400F aborts take-off at Nanchang Airport

23 August, 2019.

An ASL Airlines Belgium Boeing 747-400F (OE-IFB) operated flight 3V820 between Nanchang Airport, China and Liege, Belgium. During take-off at Nanchang, however, the pilots rejected take-off. As a result, the tires of the aircraft’s main landing gears deflated. The pilots evacuated the aircraft by using the right-hand upper deck slide.

As the aircraft is currently disabled on Nanchang’s single runway, the airport is currently closed. Six flights were forced to divert to nearby airports, airlines were forced to cancel already more than 80 flights (according to flightradar24-statistics).

ASL Airlines Belgium Boeing 747-400F rejected take-off at Nanchang Airport, China. Flight number 3V820. Slide on the upper deck deployed. The single runway of the airport is closed. pic.twitter.com/IsfP4aDcrL
— ChinaAviationReview (@ChinaAvReview) August 24, 2019

High temperature caused tires automatically deflated during rejected takeoff. Slide on the upper deck deployed. pic.twitter.com/sg5m6pKaxM
— ChinaAviationReview (@ChinaAvReview) August 24, 2019

ASL Belgium B747-400F (OE-IFB) experienced 14 of 16 tire blow-outs during a take-off abort at Nanchang Airport (ZSCN, KHN), China. The crew evacuated via chute. Cargo Flight #3V820 to Liege became disabled on the runway forcing the temp closure of the airport. @ChinaAvReview pic.twitter.com/U1NJZAOSf5
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) August 24, 2019

A passenger PC-12 was chartered to ferry 747 tires from the nearest airport that has enough inventory.(Shanghai, 800km). All seats removed. Reduced runway used for taking off and landing. pic.twitter.com/mX8Yd0lsik
— ChinaAviationReview (@ChinaAvReview) August 24, 2019

source https://ncairways.co/asl-airlines-belgium-boeing-747-400f-aborts-take-off-at-nanchang-airport-china-aviation24-be/