Etihad A333 at Geneva on Mar 31st 2014, rejected takeoff

Last Update: April 4, 2014 / 22:23:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EY-54

Aircraft Registration
A6-AFD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Etihad Airbus A330-300, registration A6-AFD performing flight EY-54 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), was accelerating for takeoff from Geneva's runway 23 when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed. The crew subsequently requested emergency services to attend the aircraft reporting hot brakes. Two aircraft on approach to runway 23 needed to go around.

The runway was closed for about 15 minutes until the aircraft vacated the runway and a runway inspection was completed.

The aircraft departed again about 105 minutes later and reached Abu Dhabi with a delay of 1:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 31, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EY-54

Aircraft Registration
A6-AFD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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