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Old 20th Oct 2014, 18:37
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A320 brake indication on T/O question

Hi,

please excuse a non-pilot chiming in here. This incident note on avherald.com caught my attention recently; apparently, an A320 rejected takeoff due to a locked-up brake and the subsequent indication.

I'd like to know unter which circumstances this indication will pop up. Maybe only at or above a certain speed? What I'd really like to know, is it possible to sense during taxi or at takeoff that one brake is somehow locked up?

Now why am I asking? Sorry to deviate, but two months ago I had tea and biscuits with my operations supervisor because I departed with two handbrakes applied on my freight train. No ECAM there that'll tell you about your mistake. I didn't notice them during the brake test or when starting the train, only some hundred metres after departure due to some unusual drag. That was expensive and unpleasant (and now the supervisor knows my name).

Thanks for your enlightenment.
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