Malta Air B738 at Barcelona on Jun 29th 2025, rejected takeoff due to door indication

Last Update: July 4, 2025 / 07:35:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Malta Air

Flight number
FR-6559

Aircraft Registration
9H-QEQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Malta Air Boeing 737-800, registration 9H-QEQ performing flight FR-6559 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Liverpool,EN (UK), was accelerating for takeoff from Barcelona's runway 24L when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 30 knots over ground) due to an indication of a wing door being open. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

The aircraft was able to depart about 130 minutes later and reached Liverpool with a delay of about 2 hours.

A passenger reported the crew announced they had received indication one of the wing doors was open, an engineer diagnosed the problem and the aircraft could takeoff about 2 hours later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Malta Air

Flight number
FR-6559

Aircraft Registration
9H-QEQ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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