A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 147; Flight Crew Total 2067; Flight Crew Type 2067
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Jet Blast; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Airport; Procedure
We were departing ZZZ for ZZZ1. We were given a line up and wait on Runway XXL. When we lined up I transferred the controls to the FO who was on IOE. The winds were reported as 290 at 10 gust 17. I saw a 777 or equivalent wide body aircraft lined up on [Runway] XYR full length. We were given a takeoff clearance and the FO pushed the power up and started the take off roll. We were tracking center line and I was following my FO on the rudder pedals when all of a sudden the aircraft was pushed to the left and the FO immediately added almost full right rudder. Just a second after we felt the pushing force we were out of it and now we had a lot of right rudder heading away from the center line to the right. I believe the wide body had come up on his throttles and had to be near takeoff power and hit us with his jet wash. The FO was able to get our jet under control and back on the center line fairly quickly. The rest of the take off and climb out was uneventful.
During our takeoff roll on Runway XXL at ZZZ we encountered jet blast from a neighboring B777 lined up on Runway XYR (full length). The blast from the neighboring aircraft was strong enough to yaw our plane causing us to momentarily leave the centerline. As pilot flying (IOE pilot) it took a good amount of rudder to correct the yaw and bring the aircraft back to centerline. The jet blast encounter took place just above 100 knots and lasted for a second. We were able to correct to the centerline and were out of the jet blast before V1. The rest of the takeoff roll through rotation and climb out was normal and uneventful.
A320 flight crew reported encountering jet blast during takeoff roll which resulted in momentary loss of yaw control.