American A332 at Philadelphia on May 31st 2019, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
Last Update: June 1, 2019 / 21:01:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 31, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-740
Departure
Philadelphia, United States
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N288AY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Tower continued to use runway 27L, no observations of debris on the runway were reported.
A passenger reported they were told a nose wheel tyre had blown.
The aircraft departed Philadelphia about 4 hours later and reached Madrid with a delay of 4:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 31, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-740
Departure
Philadelphia, United States
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N288AY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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