Eurowings Discover A333 at Windhoek on Dec 23rd 2022, rejected takeoff twice

Last Update: March 3, 2023 / 15:28:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings Discover

Flight number
4Y-143

Departure
Windhoek, Namibia

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Eurowings Discover Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKC performing flight 4Y-143 from Windhoek (Namibia) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was accelerating for takeoff from Windhoek's runway 26 when the crew rejected takeoff at very low speed twice. The aircraft returned to the apron.

Germany's BFU reported Namibia's DAAII rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation supported by the BFU. Following a reset of the aircraft systems a safe flight to Frankfurt was possible.

The aircraft departed about one hour after the second rejected takeoff.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eurowings Discover

Flight number
4Y-143

Departure
Windhoek, Namibia

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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