Air Canada jet aborted takeoff in Las Vegas
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I've never personally heard of having hot brakes while taxiing OUT for takeoff but have heard it taxiing in after landing and having used the brakes for that landing.
That said, it's hard to imagine a brake warmed to +/-300C being the cause of the tire failures which triggered the reject. More likely, as someone else has suggested, a dragging brake might be the source of the problem.
"Anybody know if this Air Canada A320 has brake fans?"
No brake fans. None of the AC fleet is equipped with them.
No brake fans. None of the AC fleet is equipped with them.
(sorry nothing to add but I couldn't resist
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If I recall correctly, the level of attention to wheel temps on departure increased notably about 30 years ago, in an era of lighter and generally lower- performing small jets.
A Caravelle (remember them?) leaving early morning from ZRH taxied up and back on the departure runway to clear some very light low fog and lift the RVR up to spec. Not wanting to wait for ground fog to come back into the spot thus cleared, crew turned around for immediate departure, doing a 'normal' takeoff, including mains retraction.
Wheel temps were such that the one of the mains exploded in the well after a few minutes, severing critical hydraulics, leading to loss of the aircraft and all aboard, who together comprised most of the population of a small country town.
A Caravelle (remember them?) leaving early morning from ZRH taxied up and back on the departure runway to clear some very light low fog and lift the RVR up to spec. Not wanting to wait for ground fog to come back into the spot thus cleared, crew turned around for immediate departure, doing a 'normal' takeoff, including mains retraction.
Wheel temps were such that the one of the mains exploded in the well after a few minutes, severing critical hydraulics, leading to loss of the aircraft and all aboard, who together comprised most of the population of a small country town.
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A Caravelle (remember them?) leaving early morning from ZRH taxied up and back on the departure runway to clear some very light low fog and lift the RVR up to spec. Not wanting to wait for ground fog to come back into the spot thus cleared, crew turned around for immediate departure, doing a 'normal' takeoff, including mains retraction.
Wheel temps were such that the one of the mains exploded in the well after a few minutes, severing critical hydraulics, leading to loss of the aircraft and all aboard, who together comprised most of the population of a small country town.
Wheel temps were such that the one of the mains exploded in the well after a few minutes, severing critical hydraulics, leading to loss of the aircraft and all aboard, who together comprised most of the population of a small country town.
