Iberia A346 at Mexico City on Jul 18th 2018, could not retract landing gear
Last Update: July 19, 2018 / 22:17:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-6402
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-IOB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 19 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-6402
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EC-IOB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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