An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 performing flight AA-860 from New York JFK, NY to Dallas Ft. Worth, TX landed on Fort Worth Airport’s runway 17C but burst a left main tyre.
The aircraft vacated the runway via a high-speed turn-off and stopped clear of the runway.
A post-flight inspection also revealed damage to the left-hand wing.
The FAA reported: “AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE SHREDDED AND DAMAGED THE LEFT WING, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX.”, the damage was rated MINOR.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Dallas about 27 hours after landing.
Source: avhearld
