Aeroflot A321 at Moscow and Stockholm on Dec 13th 2017, damage to landing light

Last Update: December 14, 2017 / 21:36:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2210

Aircraft Registration
VP-BKI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

An Aeroflot Airbus A321-200, registration VP-BKI performing flight SU-2210 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Stockholm (Sweden), completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing in Stockholm and taxied to the apron.

Ground personell found the right hand landing light had received damage to its glass cover and the light bulb without evidence of a foreign object damage. The lamp body itself was not damaged. The landing light was disabled and taped up with speed tape and the aircraft was released to return to Sheremetyevo.

The aircraft departed for the return flight SU-2211 and reached Moscow with a delay of 30 minutes.

After landing in Sheremetyevo the cover glass and the speed tape was missing. The runway in Sheremetyevo as well as the taxi route were searched without finding the missing materials.

Rosaviatsia reported the aircraft's technical status is being assessed.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-2210

Aircraft Registration
VP-BKI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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