Easyjet A320 at Tel Aviv on Nov 6th 2018, rejected takeoff due to lack of takeoff clearance

Last Update: November 7, 2018 / 22:47:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Easyjet

Flight number
U2-1656

Destination
Nice, France

Aircraft Registration
OE-IJU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration OE-IJU performing flight U2-1656 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Nice (France), had lined up runway 26 and was waiting for takeoff clearance, when the crew commenced takeoff. Tower instructed the crew to stop, the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 55 knots over ground) and stopped the aircraft about 500 meters/1500 feet down the runway.

Israeli media reported that a corporate jet was on approach to crossing runway 12, the takeoff without clearance created the danger of a collision.

Israel's AIAI opened an investigation into the occurrence.

The aircraft departed about 15 minutes later and reached Nice with a delay of about 10 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Easyjet

Flight number
U2-1656

Destination
Nice, France

Aircraft Registration
OE-IJU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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