Narrative:

A dispatcher for a major united states air carrier reports his heroics in guiding a giant airliner across the atlantic to a safe landing at atl, its scheduled destination. The aircraft, an unspecified widebody transport with no number of engines stated, blew a tire and destroyed a wheel on takeoff from lgw. The pieces of the wheel showed that it was wheel 1F. Parts of the brakes and engine cowling were found on the runway. Appropriate procedures were followed to set up continuous communication with the aircraft and the decision was made to continue across the water. Communication was reestablished over conus allowing a management pilot to get into the act. A chase plane was sent aloft to verify that the aircraft was in good order. The dispatcher landed the aircraft in atl without any help from the flight crew.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TIRE BLEW ON TKOF.

Narrative: A DISPATCHER FOR A MAJOR UNITED STATES ACR RPTS HIS HEROICS IN GUIDING A GIANT AIRLINER ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO A SAFE LNDG AT ATL, ITS SCHEDULED DEST. THE ACFT, AN UNSPECIFIED WDB WITH NO NUMBER OF ENGS STATED, BLEW A TIRE AND DESTROYED A WHEEL ON TKOF FROM LGW. THE PIECES OF THE WHEEL SHOWED THAT IT WAS WHEEL 1F. PARTS OF THE BRAKES AND ENG COWLING WERE FOUND ON THE RWY. APPROPRIATE PROCS WERE FOLLOWED TO SET UP CONTINUOUS COM WITH THE ACFT AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATER. COM WAS REESTABLISHED OVER CONUS ALLOWING A MGMNT PLT TO GET INTO THE ACT. A CHASE PLANE WAS SENT ALOFT TO VERIFY THAT THE ACFT WAS IN GOOD ORDER. THE DISPATCHER LANDED THE ACFT IN ATL WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM THE FLC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.