Virgin America A320 at Los Angeles on Jan 16th 2016, rejected takeoff due to electrical problem
Last Update: January 19, 2016 / 21:32:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 16, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Virgin America
Flight number
VX-406
Departure
Los Angeles, United States
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N639VA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the crew announced takeoff was rejected due to electrical problems. After arriving back at the gate mechanics attempted to repair the aircraft, subsequently the passengers were asked to disembark and embark a replacement A320, that had been scheduled to fly VX-412. Their aircraft N639VA was assigned to VX-412 instead.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration N638VA reached New York with a delay of 2:15 hours.
N639VA was able to depart as flight VX-412 to New York about one hour later and reached New York on schedule.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 16, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Virgin America
Flight number
VX-406
Departure
Los Angeles, United States
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N639VA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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