Lufthansa A320 at Rhodes on Jun 19th 2021, rejected takeoff
Last Update: June 21, 2021 / 19:29:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 19, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1749
Departure
Rhodes, Greece
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIWF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A ground observer reported the A320 had stopped on runway 25 about abeam taxiway C with speedbrakes extended, fire engines in attendance. A short time later the aircraft taxied to the apron, where a number of people including one of the pilots looked after the right hand engine (CFM56). A runway inspection was conducted, stopped about 1200 feet down the runway and checked the location carefully. The people at the aircraft now also looked into the left hand engine, opened the gear doors and checked the gear.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:20 hours after the rejected takeoff, then departed and reached Munich with a delay of 2 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 19, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1749
Departure
Rhodes, Greece
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIWF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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