Royal Air Maroc B737-800, brakes fire on landing at Oujda, Morocco
By: A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-800, registration CN-RNP performing flight AT-1400 from Casablanca to Oujda (Morocco), landed on Oujda's runway 06 when immediately after touchdown bright glow of fire could be seen from the left main landing gear. The crew applied reverse thrust and brought the aircraft to a stop on the runway as quickly as possible. There were no injuries.
The airline did not comment on the incident, nor did the Civil Aviation Authority of Morocco.
So far it remains unknown, whether the aircraft was evacuated, or whether the passengers disembarked via stairs.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the left anti-skid system inoperative.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Oujda about 44 hours after landing.