Small Planet A321 at Corfu on Aug 19th 2017, rejected takeoff due to blown tyre

Last Update: August 20, 2017 / 21:50:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
P7-8730

Departure
Corfu, Greece

Destination
Warsaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
SP-HAZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Small Planet Airbus A321-200, registration SP-HAZ performing flight P7-8730 from Corfu (Greece) to Warsaw (Poland), was accelerating for takeoff from Corfu's runway 35 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed due to a damaged tyre. The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway and returned to the apron.

A runway inspection recovered tyre debris from the runway.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 17.5 hours, then was able to depart and reached Warsaw with a delay of about 17.5 hours.

Passengers reported they needed to spend the night at the airport due to all hotels being booked out.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
P7-8730

Departure
Corfu, Greece

Destination
Warsaw, Poland

Aircraft Registration
SP-HAZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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