Wizz A320 at Brussels on Dec 10th 2017, rejected takeoff twice due to disagreeing airspeeds
Last Update: December 10, 2017 / 22:08:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-3352
Departure
Brussels Charleroi, Belgium
Destination
Cluj, Romania
Aircraft Registration
HA-LYB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft returned to the apron, was de-iced a second time, taxied to the runway and rejected takeoff a second time.
A passenger reported they were officially told that during de-icing a sensor got clogged with ice although no de-icing was performed in front of the pitot tubes to avoid clogging the tubes.
The aircraft was able to depart on its third takeoff and reached Cluj with a delay of about 4:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-3352
Departure
Brussels Charleroi, Belgium
Destination
Cluj, Romania
Aircraft Registration
HA-LYB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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