Burst Tyre Causes Long Delay in Departure of Saudia Flight SV-3779 to Jeddah From Lahore

[Abbas Ali]

According to City42 News channel, departure of Saudia flight SV-3779 from Lahore to Jeddah is delayed due to burst tyre(s) of the aircraft. The flight was scheduled to depart from Lahore at 5:10 PM on March 30.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv3779

The aircraft's tyre(s) was/were found damaged/burst after it landed at Lahore Airport yesterday.

Seems the aircraft is Airbus A330-243 registration TC-OCI on lease from Onur Air. The A330 had landed at Lahore Airport on March 30 at 2:15 PM as flight SV-3778 from Jeddah.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/tc-oci

A Saudia Boeing 777 has landed at Lahore Airport with spare tyre(s) for the stranded aircraft. Probably Saudia Boeing 777-3FGER registration HZ-AK34 that landed at Lahore at 11:02 AM as flight SV-734 from Jeddah brought the spare tyres.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/hz-ak34

Engineering personnel have sought two hours to replace damaged tyre(s) of stranded flight SV-3779 aircraft. Transportation of SV-3779 passengers to Lahore Airport from hotel(s) where they were accommodated has begun.

Abbas

[Abbas Ali]

TC-OCI departed from Lahore at 2:09 PM as flight SV-2033 to Jeddah apparently with SV-3779 passengers.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/tc-oci

Flight SV-3779 was cancelled.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sv3779

Abbas