ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175588
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| Date: | 21-APR-2015 |
| Time: | 07:43 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8Z9 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | UP (EL AL Israel) |
| Registration: | 4X-EKU |
| C/n / msn: | 33834/1938 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 181 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Intl (TLV/LLBG) |
| Prague Airport (PRG/LKPR) |
A Boeing 737-800, operating for UP, a low-cost brand of El Al Israel Airlines, returned to land at Tel Aviv, Israel, due to tire damage.
Flight LY2521 took off from runway 26 at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) at 04:43 UTC for a flight to Prague, Czech Republic. During takeoff the aircraft lost parts of the tread of a main gear tire.
The flight climbed to the cruising altitude of FL360, which was reached at 05:05 UTC. At 05:52, while overhead Turkey, the crew decided to return to Tel Aviv.
A safe landing was carried out back at Tel Aviv runway 26 at 07:15 UTC.
Sources:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4851b634&opt=0
https://www.flightradar24.com/
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/321547/4x-ekr-el-al-israel-airlines-boeing-737-800/
Media:
Photo of the damaged wheel from Elal flight 2521 that returned to Tel aviv for an emergency landing pic.twitter.com/RXLfhfeAY8
— Worldwide Actions (@AlwaysActions) 21 april 2015Images:
Photo of 4X-EKU courtesy AirHistory.net
London - Luton (EGGW / LTN)
9 December 2019; (c) Trevor Warne
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2015 09:47 | harro | Added |
| 21-Apr-2015 09:55 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 01:59 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source] |
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