British Airways Jet Lands In London with a Square Tire

British Airways Jet Lands In London with a Square Tire
Jack Phillips
5/10/2016
Updated:
5/10/2016

“The photo appears genuine, but I’m unsure how such a thing would happen, exactly,” author and pilot Patrick Smith told MailOnline. “The tyre deflated and the subsequent rotation caused it to fold in on itself in four symmetrical segments.”

A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman told the paper: “It is a curious one. Not seen anything like it before.”

Some people suggested that the high altitude may have been the cause of its strange collapse, according to GetWestLondon.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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