SAS B736 at Kirkenes on Dec 7th 2017, unsafe gear

Last Update: December 11, 2017 / 12:27:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Unsafe gear

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-4472

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Kirkenes, Norway

Aircraft Registration
LN-RPF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600

ICAO Type Designator
B736

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-600, registration LN-RPF performing flight SK-4472 from Oslo to Kirkenes (Norway) with 71 passengers, was on final approach to Kirkenes' runway 24 when the crew initiated a go around reporting an unsafe gear indication. The crew entered a hold to work the appropriate checklists, performed an alternate gear extension which resulted in three greens and landed safely on runway 24 about 35 minutes after the go around.

The return flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Kirkenes for 29 hours, then positioned back to Oslo, remained on the ground in Oslo for another 12 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Unsafe gear

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-4472

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Kirkenes, Norway

Aircraft Registration
LN-RPF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-600

ICAO Type Designator
B736

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