Baltic B733 at Vilnius on Oct 16th 2012, rejected takeoff

Last Update: October 16, 2012 / 13:48:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-352

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BBY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

An Air Baltic Boeing 737-300, registration YL-BBY performing flight BT-352 from Vilnius (Lithunia) to Riga (Latvia), rejected takeoff from Vilnius at low speed after the aircraft veered to the right, the aircraft stopped on the runway. Attempts by the crew to steer the aircraft to the left in order to return to the runway center line failed. The aircraft was shut down and towed to the apron.

The flight was cancelled.

The incident aircraft was able to position to Riga as flight BT-9802 about 2 hours later.

A passenger reported the aircraft had lined up and was starting its takeoff run when the aircraft veered to the right and takeoff was rejected. After the crew tried to turn the aircraft left to get back onto the runway center line the aircraft was shut down and subsequently towed to the apron. The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 16, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-352

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BBY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300

ICAO Type Designator
B733

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