Tire burst on the way to the airport
Today we had to get up in the night to go to the airport.
At first we were worried because there was a weather warning for the night with storms, strong gusts and a lot of rain. And since it had been really cold so far and now the thaw has set in, the forecast wasn't really good.
Ultimately the weather was uncomfortable, but not our biggest problem.
Because of the weather, we were "only" traveling at almost 80 km/h on Reykjanesbraut, road 41, when our rear right tire burst near Hafnarfjörður.
Suddenly the car became "restless", it felt like the whole car was rattling strangely at the front, then this subsided again, but then you could clearly hear a loud "clack - clack - clack" at the back on the right. It sounded absolutely wrong. Luckily the car didn't "break" in any way. My husband was able to slow down and stop in the exit with the hazard lights on.
At least I was properly dressed for the situation with my orange winter jacket with reflectors and was clearly visible on the road.
Well, and then at quarter past 5 in the morning we were standing on the street in the wind and rain with the broken tire, the children and all the luggage in the car and actually had to get to the airport in time. And now..?!?
We arrived at the airport at 6:15 a.m. and check-in was possible until 6:45 a.m.
I was worried because there were a lot of flights scheduled to take off within 20 or 30 minutes at that time. I was already worried that it might be tight. In fact we were lucky. The other passengers were obviously all already through.
There was practically nothing going on at the counter, baggage check-in or at security and we got through really well. We were even able to buy some provisions and visit the sanitary rooms again.
In the end everything worked out very, very well, fortunately!
[Translated from here.]
Our friend later sent us a photo of our broken tire. This could have turned out differently...
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