Airbus A320 crash, Mar 13, 2014, Philadelphia
Airbus A320 accident on March 13, 2014 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The captain's decision to reject...
- Date: March 13, 2014
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB: The captain's decision to reject the takeoff after the airplane had rotated. Contributing factors were the flight crew's failure to verify the flight management computer was properly configured for takeoff and the captain's failure to respond correctly to the ECAM thrust not set alert.
US Airways flight 1702, an Airbus A320 bound for Fort Lauderdale with 149 passengers and 5 crew, was programmed with the wrong departure runway (27R instead of 27L). The captain rejected the takeoff after the airplane had rotated, the tail struck the runway, and the airplane bounced and slid off the left side of runway 27L. All occupants evacuated by the slides, and the NTSB found the aircraft substantially damaged.