| Date: | Monday 3 January 1994 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-321C |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Arabian Air Transport - TAAT |
| Registration: | ST-AMF |
| MSN: | 19367/637 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
A tire and wheel brake unit failed during taxi to the runway at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During take-off at 110 kt the crew noticed a tire burst and rejected the take-off. During abort, the tires and wheels failed, rubber remnants and hydraulic fluid ignited. The fire was extinguished by the fire rescue services after the aircraft stopped on the runway.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/94
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