Iberia A346 at Mexico City on Feb 28th 2018, rejected takeoff due to engine indication

Last Update: March 1, 2018 / 22:17:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6400

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-IQR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

An Iberia Airbus A340-600, registration EC-IQR performing flight IB-6400 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was accelerating for takeoff from Mexico City's runway 05R when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 70 knots over ground) due to an engine (Trent 556) indication. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A passenger reported the captain announced there was a malfunction in one of the engine performance indicators, the system needed to be reset. The aircraft departed about 90 minutes after the rejected takeoff.

The occurrence aircraft departed Mexico City about 80 minutes after the rejected takeoff and reached Madrid with a delay of 70 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 28, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6400

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-IQR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

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