A flight attendant reported that her MD80 apparently had a tire fail on takeoff. An emergency was de...

Narrative:

At takeoff; there was a huge explosion by the #4 jumpseat. The force was so strong that it shook me in my jumpseat and strained my neck and arm. The #2 [flight attendant] and myself called the #1 [flight attendant] and asked if she had heard or felt anything and she did hear a loud noise. We then called the cockpit and said that we either blew a tire or hit something. We circled for a while and then the captain told us to do the planned emergency checklist. We got as far as reseating passengers. We knew we at least had a blown tire. The landing was smooth. The taxi was very bumpy and we stopped immediately. After several minutes we were informed that we would deplane all passengers out of the aft stairs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant reported that her MD80 apparently had a tire fail on takeoff. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to land where the passengers were deplaned through the aft air stair.

Narrative: At takeoff; there was a huge explosion by the #4 jumpseat. The force was so strong that it shook me in my jumpseat and strained my neck and arm. The #2 [Flight Attendant] and myself called the #1 [Flight Attendant] and asked if she had heard or felt anything and she did hear a loud noise. We then called the cockpit and said that we either blew a tire or hit something. We circled for a while and then the Captain told us to do the planned emergency checklist. We got as far as reseating passengers. We knew we at least had a blown tire. The landing was smooth. The taxi was very bumpy and we stopped immediately. After several minutes we were informed that we would deplane all passengers out of the aft stairs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	953052
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear Tire
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty) Flight Attendant In Charge
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A flight attendant reported that her MD80 apparently had a tire fail on takeoff. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to land where the passengers were deplaned through the aft air stair.