EW9642 - Incident: Eurowings A321 at Dusseldorf on Sep 21st 2023

A Eurowings Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIDP performing flight EW-9642 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Faro (Portugal) with 206 passengers and 7 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Dusseldorf's runway 23L when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 75 knots over ground). The aircraft slowed safely and stopped briefly on the runway, the crew reported they had a NAV 1 fault indication. The aircraft returned to the apron.

The rotation was postponed to the next day, the passengers in Dusseldorf bound for Faro as well as the passengers in Faro bound for Dusseldorf were taken to hotels.

A replacement Airbus A321-200N registration D-AEEB reached Faro with a delay of about 15 hours.