Serious Incident to the ATR 42 registered YR-ATI and operated by Tarom on 13/10/2016 at Bucharest[Investigation led by AAIB / Romania]
Aliignement sur la bordure latérale droite de la piste, vibrations importantes du train avant, interruption du décollage
Responsible entity
Preliminary data based on the notification from the Romanian authorities:
PIC rejected the take off from Runway 08L due to abdormal vibrations to the nose landing Gear. The crew did not request assistance on ground. During runway check, pieces of runway lights were found and identified as runway edge lights. The lights completly missing from their positions are on the south part of RWY 08L. RWY 08L/26R was closed through NOTAM.