Malaysia A359 at London on Sep 13th 2018, main gear door remained open

Last Update: September 14, 2018 / 21:01:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MH-1

Aircraft Registration
9M-MAF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-900, registration 9M-MAF performing flight MH-1 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to a main gear door not closing. The aircraft dumped fuel over the English Channel and returned to Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27R about 80 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in London about 21 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MH-1

Aircraft Registration
9M-MAF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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