Two passenger aircraft experience tire damage during landings at Chicago O’Hare International Airport within three hours of each other, prompting an FAA investigation. An American Airlines plane arriving from LaGuardia suffers a tire issue shortly after 2 p.m. local time Monday, and a United Airlines aircraft later the same day encounters a similar problem.
Both incidents occur on landing, and airport response teams move around the aircraft after the blowouts are reported. One report describes fire trucks surrounding the American aircraft following the landing, while other coverage focuses on the FAA’s review of what happened and any contributing factors. The accounts align on the basic sequence—two different airlines, the same airport, same day, and tire blowouts during landings separated by a few hours—while differing in the amount of detail provided about the immediate on-scene response.
