EAT Leipzig A306 at Amsterdam on Oct 10th 2017, rejected takeoff, crew suspected they had hit something

Last Update: October 11, 2017 / 22:06:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
EAT Leipzig

Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AEAF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

An EAT Leipzig Airbus A300-600, registration D-AEAF performing freight flight QY-2197 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Leipzig (Germany), was accelerating for takeoff from Amsterdam's runway 24 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 125 knots over ground) reporting they suspected they had hit something or had burst a tyre. The crew requested emergency services to attend the aircraft. The aircraft came to a stop about half way down the runway, emergency services reported seeing nothing unusual, no burst tyre, no fire or smoke from the landing gear. The crew subsequently taxied the aircraft off the runway back to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft departed about 3 hours later and reached Leipzig.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
EAT Leipzig

Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Destination
Leipzig, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AEAF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

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