Cathay A330 bursts tyres on landing

Thanks for that, I’m flying to Oz, via Hong Kong with Cathay very soon! I don’t like the airline anyway and they aren’t anywhere near as good as Singapore Airlines.

I flew them 4 months ago to Oz for the first time in a long time, I usually fly SQ on this route, and I will always stay with SQ after my last experience with CX. Found the new seats too uncomfortable and the service on board was lacking compared to CX. I feel that CX is not worthy at the 5 star status skytrax gives it. However, a few months ago the skytrax website showed CX 5 star status as under review. But after a quick check it no longer says this sadly. My main complaint is the new economy seat, which okay I do like the principle that no one can intrude into your personal space; It requires I think around 34″ seat pitch for a seat like this to work and more padding in the seats as your backand other areas are going to be a bit painful after a 12 hour flight, then add on the next flgith and you are in agony after the flight. IO was and didnt enjoy it, so you can say ~I wont be using CX again on the Kanagaroo route, SQ is the best and most comfortable way methinks.

Thanks for that, I’m flying to Oz, via Hong Kong with Cathay very soon! I don’t like the airline anyway and they aren’t anywhere near as good as Singapore Airlines.

From what has been posted on the PPRuNe site,

was a problem with one engine after leaving Surabaya and the crew elected to shut it down and to continue the flight to Hong Kong.

On approach to Hong Kong there was a problem with the remaining engine when it would not respond to changes of the thrust lever position. I understand that it would not reduce below 70%. This required the crew to make an approach at a much higher speed than normal which led to the problems with tyres deflating.

However, there were (and still may be) a number of conflicting stories including double engine failure etc.