Flight delayed after passenger spots flat tyre
A domestic flight at Kunming Changshui International Airport suffered a three-hour delay just before scheduled takeoff after an eagle-eyed passenger lining up to board the plane noticed a flat tyre.
Some passengers already on Beijing Capital Airlines Flight JD5158 were taken off while the tyre was changed and further safety inspections were carried out.
A passenger reportedly alerted a flight attendant and then everyone was deplaned back to the waiting lounge.
The airline released a statement to customers on its Weibo account, but did not confirm that it was a passenger who had spotted the problem.
“During pre-flight checks in Kunming, engineer staff found damage to the left interior wheel on a Capital Airlines flight from Kunming to Hangzhou. They immediately informed the relevant parties and changed the tyre. Passengers were required to exit the plane according to normal procedures to start security checks again. ”
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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