American B738 at Barbados on Feb 10th 2026, tyre damage on departure

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N931NN performing flight AA-1284 from Bridgetown (Barbados) to Miami,FL (USA) with 134 people on board, was departing Bridgetown’s runway 09 when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 and entered a hold due to suspected damage of both left main tyres. The aircraft returned to Bridgetown for a safe landing on runway 09 about 80 minutes after departure.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Bridgetown about 31 hours after landing.

The damaged tyres:
The damaged tyres

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