Spirit A319 at Dallas on Jul 29th 2013, rejected takeoff

Last Update: July 30, 2013 / 18:39:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-972

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N521NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N521NK performing flight NK-972 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA), rejected takeoff from runway 17R at high speed after loud bangs were heard from the right hand side, the aircraft came to a stop near the intersection with taxiway EJ about the crew requested airport services to check whether any tyres had blown. An airport vehicle in the vicinity drove around the aircraft and reported all tyres appeared to be inflated, they had heard two loud booms when the aircraft went down the runway. Emergency services were dispatched to check the aircraft and reported it appeared the right hand engine (V2524) had flamed out. Emergency services released the aircraft to taxi to the apron on own power and followed the aircraft in trail to the stand.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration N534NK reached Fort Lauderdale with a delay of 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-972

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N521NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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