An Etihad Airways flight was forced to abort a high-speed take-off that led to two tyres bursting, as “high exhaust gas temperatures” in the engine caused an emergency halt of the Boeing plane.
Etihad Airways flight EY461 was due to take off from Melbourne, Australia to Abu Dhabi at 6.15pm local time on Sunday, 5 January for a 13-hour flight when the flight crew halted the take-off due to “operational reasons”.
