Brand new B777 flight crew aborted takeoff after takeoff confign warning sounded on takeoff roll. Cabin crew notified to prepare for evacuate/evacuation. However, fire department cooled hot brakes with fans and aircraft returned to gate.

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Attributes
ACN	538930
Time
Date	200201
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : apf.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll ground other : tkof abort
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 16 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 7
ASRS Report	538930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : tkof warning indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff other
Consequence	other other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Brand new B777, taxi ready to takeoff (no lift) bells and whistles went off in cockpit. Aborted takeoff, brakes became hot, fire department came, brakes hot, cooled with fans. Captain informed flight attendant crew prepare to evacuate/evacuation. Brakes cooled, no fire. We taxied back to gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BRAND NEW B777 FLC ABORTED TKOF AFTER TKOF CONFIGN WARNING SOUNDED ON TKOF ROLL. CABIN CREW NOTIFIED TO PREPARE FOR EVAC. HOWEVER, FIRE DEPT COOLED HOT BRAKES WITH FANS AND ACFT RETURNED TO GATE.

Narrative: BRAND NEW B777, TAXI READY TO TKOF (NO LIFT) BELLS AND WHISTLES WENT OFF IN COCKPIT. ABORTED TKOF, BRAKES BECAME HOT, FIRE DEPT CAME, BRAKES HOT, COOLED WITH FANS. CAPT INFORMED FLT ATTENDANT CREW PREPARE TO EVAC. BRAKES COOLED, NO FIRE. WE TAXIED BACK TO GATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.