Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Distraction; Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
I was flying pilot. During the takeoff roll; I looked to crosscheck airspeed at approximately 10 knots before V1 (V1 = 151 kts). As I looked back outside; the 'CONFIG FLAPS' master warning went off. The Captain called reject and took control of the aircraft. Estimated airspeed that the reject decision was initiated was approximately 145 kts. As we were slowing down; I noticed spoilers were not deployed; and I manually deployed the spoilers to the 'up' position. Then; as directed by the Captain; I also made a radio call to tower to advise of the rejected takeoff. The aircraft quickly slowed down to taxi speed and we were easily able to taxi clear at the end of the runway onto taxiway.We were instructed to taxi back. During this time; there was some communication difficulties with tower/ground. It was hard to understand what they were asking; and there was a lot of 'say again'. During taxi; we were monitoring brake temps and watching them rise; while answering questions from the controller. I was trying to coordinate between the Captain and Ground controller whether or not we could return to the parking stand. While; we continued holding short of taxiway; Ground asked us to call our handler for parking assistance. While we were stopped; initially one tire went flat. We asked for a tug to tow us in due to the flat tire. While we were waiting; a total of 7 tires went flat. When we started losing more tires; our on-board mechanic said we could not move or tow the airplane with flat tires. We were now stuck on an active taxiway.
First Officer of a jumbo cargo aircraft reported a high speed rejected takeoff due to a flap configuration warning light. The takeoff was aborted successfully; however the spoilers failed to deploy as designed resulting in several main gear tires deflating due to aggressive braking and subsequent heat buildup.