Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure
On our initial climbout on AKUNA9 it felt like we were hitting the wake from the Airbus in front of us.  We both mentioned it and continued the climbout. After I put the flaps up I did the After Takeoff flow and followed up by verifying it with the After Take Off check list. During that time it felt like we were still in the Airbus wake. As soon as I completed the After Takeoff checklist; I looked at my display and saw we weren't turning and it was at that point DFW departure gave us a heading of 090 followed by another heading of 070. ATC inquired if we were given a SID and told us we were close to traffic to our right. The Captain communicated that we were trying to avoid the wake of the aircraft in front of us. The remainder of the flight was uneventful.
B737-800 flight crew member reported a track deviation occurred departing DFW in trail of an Airbus when the pilot flying was distracted by a wake turbulence encounter.