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| Date: | Tuesday 20 December 2005 |
| Time: | 8:30 PM |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-400M Combi |
| Owner/operator: | Air India |
| Registration: | VT-AIM |
| MSN: | 25074/862 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 273 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
Air India flight 136, bound for Delhi via Frankfurt, suffered a tire burst on take-off from Los Angeles. The plane dumped fuel and landed safely at Los Angeles airport. One passenger fainted on landing and was hospitalized.
Sources:
Los Angeles Times
Times of India
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1997 | C-GAGM | Air Canada | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |  |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 19 December 2005 | VT-AIM | Air India | 0 | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) | |
sub |
| Tire failure | ||||||
Images:
Media:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-20-me-plane20-story.html https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/narrow-escape-for-ai-flight-in-la/articleshow/1339614.cms
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2024 15:42 | ndegaon | Added |
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