Nordwind B738 at Moscow on Jul 19th 2019, rejected takeoff due to smoke on board

Last Update: July 30, 2019 / 19:15:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2019

Classification
Accident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Nordwind Airlines

Flight number
N4-477

Departure
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia

Destination
Yerevan, Armenia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BSZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Nordwind Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BSZ performing flight N4-477 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Yerevan (Armenia) with 173 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Sheremetyevo's runway 24C when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway at the last exit and stopped. The aircraft was evacuated via slides. 8 people received injuries, 2 of them were taken to hospitals. Emergency services found no trace of fire.

The crew reported there was so much smoke on board that they couldn't see the cabin from the cockpit.

The airline reported takeoff was rejected when a strange odour appeared on board during the takeoff run.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VP-BSA reached Yerevan with a delay of 4.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Moscow for about 26 hours after the rejected takeoff before returning to service.

On Jul 30th 2019 Rosaviatsia reported grey smoke appeared in the middle of the passenger cabin during the takeoff run, the flight crew was made aware and decided to reject takeoff. While the aircraft vacated the runway lavatory smoke detectors triggered prompting the decision to evacuate the aircraft via slides. 10 passengers received injuries of various degrees of severity. No trace of fire, heat, any system or engine failure was found. Rosaviatsia performed preliminary investigation, the results of which so far established the left hand engine had undergone an engine wash before the flight. The maintenance staff violated the procedures of how to perform the engine wash.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2019

Classification
Accident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Nordwind Airlines

Flight number
N4-477

Departure
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia

Destination
Yerevan, Armenia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BSZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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