“Points Guy” Zach Honig tweeted earlier this week how pumped he was to be flying out of JFK airport in the flashy Qatar A350 Airbus, not knowing he’d be super-pumped with adrenaline after a “violently aborted takeoff.”
SUPER pumped to be flying @qatarairways' A350 from JFK this Thursday! https://t.co/ahQW9Dw3Jf pic.twitter.com/HFVXEmomNC
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 8, 2015
Ultimate plane spotting from the first A350 flight from the US! #QR7452 @AirlineFlyer pic.twitter.com/79fILT6v4M
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Wow wow wow … Our A350 violently aborted takeoff at JFK. Got the whole thing on video.
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Everyone is okay. Just a bit shaken up. Crew told me to shut off my camera.
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Live from our A350. Still awaiting info. #QR7452 pic.twitter.com/2x1Wa5AxdO
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Just powered down the engines. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Last update from the cockpit was 33 minutes ago. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Another passenger (airline exec?) came looking for me and asked me to stop tweeting "for now." There's nothing to say so I will. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Okay breaking the silence. Captain came on to say they're restarting the engines and we'll take off from a different runway. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
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Here's the video of our A350's aborted JFK takeoff. I'll upload full-length high-res to @thepointsguy later: https://t.co/MvAd1gpEhl #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Qatar's CCO just came by to update me. The A350 got a signal that the runway was too short and the plane auto-braked. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/O_TheRed/status/675149782764101632
@zachhonig Silly runway, it was fine when rollout started and then shortened to confuse A359
— Nikolay Klimchuk (@klimchuk) December 11, 2015
Taxiing for takeoff #2. Camera will be rolling. #QR7452
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015
Successful and safe second takeoff of #QR7452. The first A350 is off!
— Zach Honig (@ZachHonig) December 11, 2015