Enter B738 at Manchester on Aug 9th 2017, nose wheel steering failed before takeoff

Last Update: August 9, 2017 / 21:28:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Enter Air

Flight number
E4-489

Destination
Rhodes, Greece

Aircraft Registration
SP-ENY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Enter Air Boeing 737-800, registration SP-ENY performing flight E4-489 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Rhodes (Greece), was lining up for takeoff from Manchester's runway 05L when the crew stopped the aircraft reporting the nose wheels had locked up. The aircraft needed to be towed off the runway.

A number of departures in queue for departure behind SP-ENY were delayed up to 90 minutes as a result.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Manchester about 10 hours later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Enter Air

Flight number
E4-489

Destination
Rhodes, Greece

Aircraft Registration
SP-ENY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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