Created Monday, Feb 21st 2022 16:45Z, last updated Monday, Feb 21st 2022 16:45Z
A Malta Air Boeing 737-800 on behaf of Ryanair, registration 9H-QCG performing flight
FR-8734 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 151 people on board, was on approach to Bucharest's runway 08R when the crew declared Mayday Mayday reporting a wheel fire indication. Otopeni immediately queried the preceding arrival to side step to 08L, the crew declined and was sent into a go around. The Boeing landed about 4 minutes after declaring Mayday, emergency services reported seeing no smoke or flames around both engines and the wheel wells. The aircraft taxied to the apron where passengers disembarked normally.
A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration 9H-VUS performed return flight FR-8735 with a delay of 2.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 19 hours until the next morning.
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