A SAA South African Airlines Airbus A340-600, registration ZS-SNA performing flight SA-210 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Accra (Ghana), was accelerating for takeoff from Dulles International Airport's runway 30 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed due to the failure of the #1 engine (Trent 556). The aircraft slowed safely and vacated the runway, but became disabled on the taxiway outside the runway protected area due to hot brakes and deflated tyres.
A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration ZS-SXA departed the following morning and reached Accra (and further Johannesburg (South Africa)) with a delay of 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Washington 70 hours after rejected takeoff.
The Aviation Herald
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