Malta A319 at Malta on Sep 20th 2018, rejected takeoff due to "measles"
Last Update: September 20, 2018 / 22:25:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air Malta
Flight number
KM-100
Departure
Malta, Malta
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
9H-AEJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The aircraft was examined and cleaned, then departed again after about 4 hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of about 3.5 hours.
The local newspaper Malta Today used a file photo of an Air Malta aircraft having encountered multiple bird strikes, that looks like as if the aircraft was suffering from measles. This file photo currently circulates the Internet as photo of this current bird strike ...
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air Malta
Flight number
KM-100
Departure
Malta, Malta
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
9H-AEJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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