Virgin Atlantic B744 at Manchester on Sep 20th 2016, rejected takeoff on ATC instruction
Last Update: September 21, 2016 / 21:19:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-85
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VAST
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
A passenger reported the engines spooled up for takeoff and the aircraft started moving when the brakes came on and the engines spooled down again. The captain announced that Tower had cancelled their takeoff clearance to permit a runway inspection, an Emirates Airbus A380 had landed just prior to them with an open door indication.
An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EUC performing flight EK-17 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Manchester,EN (UK), had landed on Manchester's runway 23R about a minute earlier. The A380 remained on the ground in Manchester for about 2:20 hours, then departed for the return flight EK-18 on schedule.
The Virgin Boeing 747-400 departed about 7 minutes after rejecting takeoff and reached Las Vegas on schedule.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 20, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-85
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Las Vegas, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VAST
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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