Emirates A388 at London on Jun 19th 2018, did not retract landing gear

Last Update: June 19, 2018 / 20:58:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EK-16

Aircraft Registration
A6-EDI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EDI performing flight EK-16 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was climbing out of Gatwick's runway 26L when the aircraft was seen not retracting the landing gear. The aircraft stopped the climb at FL090 and entered a hold, subsequently diverted to London's Heathrow Airport where the aircraft landed safely on runway 27R one hour after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Heathrow about 7 hours after landing.

The airline reported a technical issue prompted the diversion to Heathrow. All passengers are being accomodated on flights from Heathrow to Dubai.

Multiple ground observers reported they saw the aircraft climb out without the gear being retracted, other observers reported the aircraft entered a hold near Southend with the gear extended.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 19, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EK-16

Aircraft Registration
A6-EDI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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