Delta MD88 at Manchester on Sep 7th 2014, rejected takeoff twice

A Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88, registration N981DL performing flight DL-1941 from Manchester,NH to Atlanta,GA (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Manchester's runway 35 when the crew rejected takeoff at about 80 knots reporting an indication issue. The crew requested to return to the holding point, they just needed to run a couple of checklists. About 20 minutes after the first reject the crew attempted another takeoff from runway 35 but again rejected at about 80 knots, the crew advised ATC they did not need assistance, the same indication issue had surfaced again and they now wanted to return to the gate.

The occurrence aircraft was finally able to depart after about 6:15 hours on the ground and reached Atlanta with a delay of 6.5 hours.

A passenger reported that after the second rejected takeoff maintenance staff arrived, looked and worked at the nose gear. The crew indicated the auto brake system had been disabled under minimum equipment list requirements, the actuator however was still attempting to function. A replacement part was driven in from Boston, then the aircraft was ready to depart.