Lufthansa A320 at Vilnius on Sep 13th 2016, rejected takeoff due to animal
Last Update: September 13, 2016 / 22:43:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-889
Departure
Vilnius, Lithuania
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIQD
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A ground observer reported there was an animal on the runway prompting the rejected takeoff.
Radar data suggest, the crew rejected takeoff at about 30 knots over ground, "went around the animal" driving towards the left edge of the runway and subsequently vacated the runway to the left.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-889
Departure
Vilnius, Lithuania
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIQD
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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