London-Denver flight diverted to Las Vegas airport due to flat tire

A British Airways flight from London on its way to Denver made an emergency landing Tuesday at Harry Reid International Airport because of a flat tire but landed safely with no injuries.

Flight 219, which took flight from London’s Heathrow Airport, carrying 320 passengers, reported a deflated left middle tire on its landing gear and requested clearance to land at Reid for repairs, according to Reid spokesperson Joe Rajchel.

The British airliner landed at 3:17 p.m. with no reported difficulties, Rajchel said.

British Airways said in a statement that the plane “made a short technical stop in Las Vegas before continuing its journey to Denver.”

“The flight arrived safely and our customers disembarked as normal,” the statement read. “We’ve apologized to customers for the disruption to their journey.”

The airline said that the landing in Las Vegas “was due to a wheel change.”

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