A United Boeing 737-800, registration N78540 performing flight UA-653 from Santa Ana,CA to San Francisco,CA (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from runway 20R when the crew rejected takeoff advising ATC they had smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft slowed safely and stopped on the runway about 450 meters/1500 feet down the runway, the crew requested emergency services to check the aircraft. The crew told emergency services they had smoke and fumes on the flight deck isolated to the flight deck, it has dissipated in the meantime, they think it came from the bleed air of the left engine (CFM56), they had turned the left bleed air off. Following the checks the aircraft taxied back to the apron.

The aircraft departed for the flight about 7:45 hours after the rejected takeoff and reached San Francisco with a delay of about 7.5 hours.


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