Plane take-off aborted amid fire
A chartered Boeing MD-82 plane aborted take-off in South Africa today after its landing gear caught fire when a tyre came off its mounting, officials said. No-one was injured.
The Global Aviation Operations flight was attempting to leave OR Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg when one of its pilots saw the landing gear on fire, said Unathi Batyashe-Fillis, a spokeswoman for the Airports Company South Africa.