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F94978 - Incident: Frontier A20N at Houston on Nov 3rd 2026

Created Wednesday, Nov 4th 2026 20:21Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 4th 2026 20:21Z

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport
File photo: Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

A Frontier Airbus A320-200N, registration N329FR performing flight F9-4978 from Houston Intercontinental,TX to Orlando,FL (USA) with 154 people on board, was climbing out of Houston's runway 15L when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting unidentified vibrations in the cabin, advised they would return to Houston and requested emergency services on standby. The aircraft landed safely on Houston's runway 27 about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200N registration N396FR reached Orlando with a delay of about 8:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Houston about 20 hours after landing.

Source: The Aviation Herald

F94978 around Nov 3, 2026

From Airportia's flight history: F94978 IAH–MCO in the days around the story. Local times; on time means less than 15 minutes late.

DateDepartureArrivalStatus
Wed, Nov 416:2119:53Scheduled
Tue, Nov 3 story17:3419:50Unknown
Wed, Oct 2816:3119:17Landed

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