Baltic B733 at Amsterdam on Mar 24th 2016, rejected takeoff due to door warning
Last Update: March 24, 2016 / 19:21:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-618
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Riga, Latvia
Aircraft Registration
YL-BBX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
The crew of the the next departure requested a runway inspection believing the Boeing had rejected takeoff due to an engine problem but dropped the request when tower clarified it had been a door open warning only.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 8 hours, then departed and is estimated to reach Riga with a delay of 8.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-618
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Riga, Latvia
Aircraft Registration
YL-BBX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
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