Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Maintenance Action
Company Policy; Human Factors; Weather; Aircraft
On the takeoff roll; we had the Auto Thrust System (ATS) lever trip right around 80 knots. Both the captain and I heard it and saw what had happened and the captain elected to reject the take off. We returned to the gate and had maintenance look in the courier compartment for any water. There was some water that had come from the main cargo area and ran into the galley area from the reject. They also found some water in the courier compartment and thought that it was possible that some of the cans may have been loaded with snow still on them earlier that morning. It's possible that some of the water they found in the courier compartment may have caused the auto throttle lever to trip. Don't load cans with snow on them into the airplane.
A300 First Officer reported a rejected takeoff when the auto thrust tripped off at 80 knots.