Oct.29 (GMM) Ralf Schumacher was involved in a frightening aviation incident on Wednesday evening when a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Salzburg aborted its takeoff at high speed.
According to Bild, a tyre on the aircraft’s front landing gear burst while flight LH1264 was accelerating down the runway.
“We were already on the runway, at full speed, and then one of the two front tyres burst,” Schumacher said on Instagram.
“Then, of course, there was an emergency stop here in Frankfurt at the airport.”
The former Formula 1 driver said the braking was severe and the aircraft remained on the runway for around half an hour while emergency services attended.
“The braking was very hard,” said the brother of F1 legend Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher nevertheless praised the crew and Lufthansa’s handling of the incident.
“The crew did a fantastic job. Everything was very, very good.”
He was rebooked onto a later flight to Salzburg and joked that the main consequence was missing dinner.