Thai A359 at Melbourne on Oct 28th 2018, rejected takeoff
Last Update: October 30, 2018 / 01:56:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Thai Airways
Flight number
TG-462
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Bangkok, Thailand
Aircraft Registration
HS-THC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
A passenger reported the flight was already delayed by about 5-6 hours due to an engine (Trent XWB) problem. The aircraft subsequently taxied for departure but needed to reject takeoff and returned to the apron. All about 400 passengers needed to disembark. The aircraft was repaired and departed with about 160 passengers remaining and 27 hours delay.
The aircraft was able to depart the following day about 20.5 hours after the rejected takeoff and reached Bangkok with a delay of about 27 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Thai Airways
Flight number
TG-462
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Bangkok, Thailand
Aircraft Registration
HS-THC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
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