SAS A343 at Copenhagen on Sep 1st 2018, spoiler problem

Last Update: September 3, 2018 / 23:02:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SK-997

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A340-300, registration LN-RKF performing flight SK-997 from Copenhagen (Denmark) to Shanghai Pudong (China) with 243 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Copenhagen when the crew stopped the climb due to a spoiler problem and decided to return to Copenhagen. The aircraft landed safely back about 50 minutes after departure.

A replacement A340-300 registration LN-RKP reached Shanghai with a delay of 3.5 hours.

The airline reported the occurrence aircraft was already delayed by 45 minutes due to a spoiler problem prior to departure. The aircraft was released to perform the flight with expectance it would be able to complete the flight, the crew however found that they could not complete the flight and decided to return.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 40 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SK-997

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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