Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Rejects LAX Takeoff After Hitting Object On Runway

Runaway inspections must be done more frequently. Well-trained and sound crew.

"A suspected fragment of rubber" You just can't get good help these days. Many years ago, I was at Beale AFB when my KC-135 (I was the crew chief) took off and I was listening to my handheld scanner when the tower called my jet to ask if the were having any engine problems. At first the pilot said no then came back and said that the EPR and EGT were not responding to changing throttle inputs. It turns out the number 3 engine turbine had shelled out and left parts all over the runway. A sweeper was called out but a radio call from the sweeper truck driver said they needed a FOD walk to pick up the "bigger"pieces. I still have a a couple of the turbine blades and an EGT probe. The only real airframe damage was a good size hole in the right inboard flap. Some speed tape and we were go to go until we back to home station. It's amazing that the aircrew never noticed anything until called. They shut the engine down and returned to base. We obviously had to do an engine change before we could return to home station but the speed tape on the flap up fine.

In my experience, the term "abort" a takeoff is used more by the military versus civilian aviation which uses "reject."

Never heard of a takeoff being “rejected”! Is that a new aeronautical term? It’s always been, “aborted”.

Wonder if they notified the plane(s) who had just landed or taken off that they might be missing some parts?

What is the fix ? Automatic FOD system

Just another ground maintenance issue we see happening more and more lately. Something needs to be done or the errors can become far more deadly.

Kudos to the crew and with at least 9000 feet of runway left for an RTO, a no brainer.

The aircraft went to the MX barn for a thorough inspection of flaps, lower wing and horizontal stab., on a conventional tail aircraft, as those are usually the most often struck by blown main tyre detritus. And given the lack of detail, somebody must have gone somewhere minus one.