American A321 at Orlando on May 6th 2024, rejected takeoff due to operational error

Last Update: May 7, 2024 / 14:14:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 6, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2473

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N901AA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N901AA performing flight AA-2473 from Orlando,FL to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was cleared for takeoff from Orlando's runway 18L.

70 seconds after issuing the takeoff clearance tower cleared a Frontier Airbus A320-200N, registration N354FR performing flight F9-1734 from Denver,CO to Orlando,FL (USA), had landed on runway 18R and was taxiing towards the apron when tower cleared the aircraft to cross runway 18L. About 23 seconds later tower told "F9-1734 Stop!", about 35 seconds after issuing the crossing clearance tower cancelled the takeoff clearance for AA-2473.

AA-2473 rejected takeoff at about 60 knots over ground, vacated the runway and returned to the holding point runway 18L, but subsequently needed to return to the apron. The aircraft was finally able to depart about 95 minutes after the first takeoff attempt and reached Dallas with a delay of about 2:40 hours.

F9-1734 continued crossing the runway and taxied to the apron.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N901AA
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 6, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-2473

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N901AA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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