American A321 at Orlando on May 6th 2024, rejected takeoff due to operational error
Last Update: May 7, 2024 / 14:14:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2473
Departure
Orlando, United States
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N901AA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
70 seconds after issuing the takeoff clearance tower cleared a Frontier Airbus A320-200N, registration N354FR performing flight F9-1734 from Denver,CO to Orlando,FL (USA), had landed on runway 18R and was taxiing towards the apron when tower cleared the aircraft to cross runway 18L. About 23 seconds later tower told "F9-1734 Stop!", about 35 seconds after issuing the crossing clearance tower cancelled the takeoff clearance for AA-2473.
AA-2473 rejected takeoff at about 60 knots over ground, vacated the runway and returned to the holding point runway 18L, but subsequently needed to return to the apron. The aircraft was finally able to depart about 95 minutes after the first takeoff attempt and reached Dallas with a delay of about 2:40 hours.
F9-1734 continued crossing the runway and taxied to the apron.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2473
Departure
Orlando, United States
Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Aircraft Registration
N901AA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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