US Airways flight 1702 , rejected take off nose gear collapsed

13 March 2013

US Airways flight US-1702 , Airbus A320 registration N113UW from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale with 149 people on board it was accelerating for take off on runway 27L when a nose gear tyre burst.Airplane veered off the runway the crew rejected the take off and airplane came to a stop with nose section outside runway and the nose gear collapsed.Airplane evacuated via the slides.Nobody injured

On 18 March 2014 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that after rotation and at about 20 feet agl, the flight crew rejected takeoff. During the rejected takoff, the nose gear collpased and the airplane veered slightly off the side of runway 27L. Passengers were evacuated via the emergency slides. Initial examination shows FOD damage to the #1 engine

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