Jet Airways B738 at Udaipur on Jan 7th 2018, rejected takeoff due to jackal

Last Update: January 10, 2018 / 23:13:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 7, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
9W-2074

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-JBG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, registration VT-JBG performing flight 9W-2074 from Udaipur to Mumbai (India), had backtracked runway 26, turned around and lined up, the flight was cleared for takeoff and the crew accelerated the engines, released the brakes, applied TOGA and the aircraft began to accelerate when the crew reduced the engines to idle and stepped onto the brakes. The aircraft subsequently turned around on the runway and returned to the threshold, lined up again and departed about 5 minutes after the rejected takeoff.

A passenger reported the captain announced while returning to the threshold that ATC had cancelled their takeoff clearance because a Jackal had been spotted on the runway. The aircraft reached Mumbai with a delay of about 10 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 7, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
9W-2074

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-JBG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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