Niki A320 at Palma Mallorca on Sep 11th 2014, rejected takeoff

Last Update: September 16, 2014 / 13:15:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Fly Niki

Flight number
HG-3727

Departure
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Destination
Linz, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LEH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Fly Niki Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LEH performing flight HG-3727 from Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) to Linz (Austria) with 148 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Palma Mallorca's runway 24R when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed (about 90 KIAS) due to an engine (CFM56) ingesting a number of large birds. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration OE-LEW reached Linz with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Palma Mallorca, the engine is about to be replaced (a replacement engine was flown to Palma Mallorca on Sep 15th).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Cause
Rejected takeoff

Airline
Fly Niki

Flight number
HG-3727

Departure
Palma Mallorca, Spain

Destination
Linz, Austria

Aircraft Registration
OE-LEH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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