Virgin Atlantic B744 near London on Jul 23rd 2012, could not retract gear
Last Update: July 24, 2012 / 16:06:38 GMT/Zulu time
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400, registration G-VBIG performing flight VS-1 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew selected the gear up, the gear however did not retract with all gear...
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400, registration G-VBIG performing flight VS-1 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Newark,NJ (USA), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew selected the gear up, the gear however did not retract with all gear
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 23, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
FL-342
Departure
Not revealed
Destination
Not revealed
Aircraft Registration
N343434
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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