Volaris A320 at Los Angeles on Feb 17th 2019, luggage cart hits aircraft during line up

Last Update: February 21, 2019 / 18:03:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-919

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Guadalajara, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
XA-VLO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration XA-VLO performing flight Y4-919 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Guadalajara (Mexico), was lining up for departure from Los Angeles' runway 24L when another aircraft reported a luggage cart was moving near taxiway E7. The Volaris crew began to inquire with tower, tower advised they had some one go and get that, then tower instructed Volaris to shut the engines down, another aircraft crew advised Volaris to shut their right hand engine down, the cart had just hit them.

The aircraft was unable to depart and returned to the apron.

The FAA reported: "LUGGAGE CART ENTERED RUNWAY AND STRUCK AIRCRAFT". The aircraft received minor damage, the occurrence was rated an incident.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Los Angeles about 43 hours after the luggage cart "committed" the runway incursion.

Metars:
KLAX 180153Z 28024G34KT 10SM FEW035 12/04 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 28038/0100 SLP139 T01170039=
KLAX 180053Z 27031G39KT 10SM FEW040 12/04 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 27039/0051 SLP137 T01220044=
KLAX 172353Z 27028G35KT 10SM FEW017 FEW038 13/04 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 27035/2351 SLP139 60002 T01330044 10133 20111 58031=
KLAX 172253Z 26017KT 10SM FEW017 FEW027 SCT065 13/09 A2997 RMK AO2 RAB21E38 SLP150 P0002 T01280089=
KLAX 172153Z 25013KT 10SM SCT028 SCT047 BKN080 12/07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01220072=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-919

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Guadalajara, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
XA-VLO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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