FlySafair has moved to clarify the safety of its wheel maintenance procedures following an incident yesterday December 3 in which two tyres on a Boeing 737 burst on landing at OR Tambo.
The incident occurred soon after a Netwerk24 report suggested the airline was experiencing a higher-than-normal rate of wheel component failures due to allegedly inadequate maintenance of tie-bolts bolts that hold the two halves of an aircraft wheel together citing a FlySafair incident that occurred in April 2024.
However, FlySafair responded saying all its aircraft undergo stringent inspections after every incident of a bolt showing wear or breakage.
