Rejected Takeoff by British Airways Boeing 747-400

Exclusive footage of an aborted takeoff by British Airways Boeing 747-400 (Registration : G-CIVJ ; Serial : 25817 LN:1102) at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa.

No specific reason for the abort was given. You can her the pilot coming on the PA during the video to say that he had a "slight takeoff warning". No further information on the incident was given. We had a subsequent successful takeoff a couple of minutes later and the flight proceeded without incident.

As you can see in the video weather conditions were quite poor at the time with heavy rain and strong winds so it could presumably have been a wind shear warning or sudden change in weather conditions which required a change in takeoff configuration.

This aircraft was delivered to British Airways on 31/01/1997 and is powered by four Rolls Royce RB211-524G engines.

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[sebastijanBelcic]

this is not a 747, I think its a 737 NG

[radar050976]

@sebastijanBelcic It is a 747. I think I'd know. I flew on it for 11 hours from Cape Town to London!!

[Writeowl]

Looks like horrible conditions . . . 

[radar050976]

@Writeowl Conditions were pretty awful alright. We never found out exactly why the takeoff was rejected. Can't have been anything too serious anyway. Thanks for your comment.

[radar050976]

@joepatroni77 Sorry I didn't get a chance to quiz the Captain about it ;)!

[radar050976]

@Aviationnation10 Yes it is my video. I took it about 3 years ago.

[SuperVivek9999]

@sebastijanBelcic 2 engines on one wing

this must be either a b747 an a430 or an a380

loking at the wing structure anyone can guess it's b747

[LeetHackTutorials]

@sebastijanBelcic since when does a 737 have 4 engines?? dumbass..

[radar050976]

@hoodie6600 Yes you're correct they do. They operate 19 737-400 aircraft, predominantly operating out of Gatwick.

[hoodie6600]

@benpowell001 they do have 737

[EddieDickJim]

@sebastijanBelcic Take a look at the reflection below the wing - 737's don't have outer engines - that's a 747 or I'm the Pope.

Bless you! <|:-)=;

[benpowell001]

@sebastijanBelcic you can see engine 4 meaning this is a 4 engined aircraft. 737s have 2. also BA Opperate the 744 from cape and dont even own a 73

[cajunvoodu]

@sebastijanBelcic lol, its a 747. In a dual engine aircraft such as the 737, 757, 767, 777 etc, the engines are not placed that far out into the wing. This is certainly a 747

[ke3wh]

Configured wrong. They could've throttled up with brakes applied to test that before hand.

[WrexIsGreat]

@radar050976 yea, I don't think you can do 11 hours on a 737-any LOL