The Airbus A380's square tire makes the aviation experts confused

Aviation experts do not know how to explain the square tire on British Airways' Airbus A380 when it landed at London's Hearthrow Airport last Friday. The British Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) calls this phenomenon "strange and unprecedented" while the flight pilot cannot understand how the tire becomes square.

The aforementioned Airbus A380-800 made a flight from Hong Kong to the UK and soon after taking off, the pilot received a warning about tire pressure loss . The crew decided to continue their journey and they also called London airport to prepare a towing vehicle in case the plane could not roll itself into the passenger gate. After 13 hours, the 2-story wide body plane landed safely on the runway 09L and the pilot took the plane into the passenger gate without the aid of ground vehicles.

The tire became a square after the plane stopped.

According to the Aviation Herald, the crew must have been "confused" when an inspector found the outer tire on the right landing gear collapsed on all four corners instead of just collapsing below as usual. The captain on the flight said that the tire may have been removed from the wheel when the plane landed due to the impact of the brakes. However, even if a tire is lost, the aircraft remains unharmed.

Some explanations have been given about the strange phenomenon of the tire. According to the aviation safety specialist Mumar Mysore of the British Royal Aviation Association, it is likely that the weight distribution on the wheels of the A380 has contributed to the strange shape of the tire . He said: "The A380 is a safe aircraft but this phenomenon is interesting. A parachute tire is flat, it is still round when the plane landed, it cannot rotate on 4 square edges like the image. We see, the round cake still rotates on the plane of the runway and the flat tire will turn around the wheel. "

"The tire became a square after the plane stopped. At this point the entire weight on the wheel was designed to be very solid with aluminum alloy, light but very hard. You can see the cake. The vehicle is not damaged because it is designed to withstand this weight.The impact of weight on the flat tire is like when you squeeze a rubber ring, depending on the lightness, the ring will have many shapes. For an A380 as in the above case, the tire is squeezed into a square, but for a 747 the weight distribution on the tire does not create such a characteristic shape. "

The weight distribution on the wheels of the A380 has contributed to the strange shape of the tire.

According to Mysore: "The collapsed tire may be due to the overheating brake system which increases tire pressure and causes the tire to explode. However, it is unlikely that the pilots will receive notice if the brakes are too hot or having an object on the runway in Hong Kong cut into the tire, in all such cases the pilots were trained to be able to handle the safety situation. "

British Airways spokesman said the A380 landed safely on Friday with only 1 of 22 tires flat. The A380 as well as many other commercial aircraft models are designed to safely land in case of tire collapse. The engineering team quickly replaced a new tire and the plane returned to service soon after.