Max Air Flight VM1605 With 53 Passengers Onboard Suffers Burst Tyre On Landing At Kano Airport

Max Air Flight VM1605 with aircraft registration number: 5N-MBD on Tuesday night suffered tyre burst on landing at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
The flight had 53 passengers and six crew onboard who suffered no injuries.
Eye witness account indicated that the aircraft had tyre burst on landing at 22:57pm (Nigerian time).
The flight VM1605 had earlier departed the Murtala Muhammed Muhammed (MMA), Lagos for Kano.
It was however gathered that all the passengers onboard the flight were evacuated safely from the aircraft without any major injuries.
Reports indicated that the aircraft may have lost the nose landing gear tyre (nosewheel) during landing, thereby leading to the serious incident.
A journalist who was one of the passengers on board, described the terrifying moment and said that immediately after the tire burst into flames, smoke filled the cabin, and the passengers had to be evacuated through the emergency exit.

“Firefighters arrived quickly and sprayed water to contain the flames,” the journalist said.