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
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-6400
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-IQR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-6400
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-IQR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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