Fly540 plane in Kenya forced to abort take-off after tyre stuck in pothole

A Fly540 plane with its left tyre stuck in a pothole on the runaway at Manda Airport, Lamu County, southeastern Kenya on August 11, 2019. PHOTO | KALUME KAZUNGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A Fly540 pilot was forced to abort take-off after realising one of the plane’s tyre was stuck in a pothole on the runway at the Manda Airport in Lamu County, southeastern Kenya.

The 36 scared passengers aboard the Nairobi-bound plane disembarked during the Sunday 12.30pm incident. No one was hurt.