A London-bound flight was pressured to slam on its brakes mid-takeoff to keep away from an “obstruction” on the runway at JFK Airport Thursday night time, The Put up has realized.
Norse Atlantic Airways Flight Z0702 was heading out of the busy Queens airport shortly after 6 p.m. when it all of the sudden needed to abort takeoff due to a “potential obstruction on the runway,” the airline stated.
Knowledge on FlightRadar24 reveals the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner hitting 87 knots — or 100 mph — earlier than abruptly slowing down and pulling a fast left again onto the taxiway.
The flight finally took off once more a short while later and landed six hours later at London’s Gatwick Airport with out incident.
Passenger Angela Blevins instructed The Put up that the sudden cease was sudden, however that the cabin remained calm.
“Nobody actually screamed, besides perhaps a number of sudden utterances as a result of we stopped so rapidly,” she stated.
“It didn’t really feel like a crash or that we have been in peril.”
In a press release, Norse airways insisted that the incident was minor and that nobody was in instant hazard.
“Norse Atlantic Airways flight Z0 702 from New York JFK to London Gatwick carried out a rejected take off attributable to a possible obstruction on the runway,” the airline stated.
“The protection and safety of our prospects and crew is all the time our high precedence and our pilots are extremely educated for such occasions. The flight departed shortly afterwards with solely a minor delay.”
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