Cargolux B748 at Luxembourg on Jul 28th 2018, could not retract gear
Last Update: August 1, 2018 / 18:09:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Airline
Cargolux
Departure
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Destination
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aircraft Registration
LX-VCG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4 hours, then departed again and reached Kuala Lumpur with a delay of about 5.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Airline
Cargolux
Departure
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Destination
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aircraft Registration
LX-VCG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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