Horizont B734 near Ancona on Oct 5th 2018, control problems

Last Update: October 7, 2018 / 21:55:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
2B-224

Departure
Venice, Italy

Destination
Tirana, Albania

Aircraft Registration
9H-AMW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

An Air Horizont Boeing 737-400 on behalf of Albawings, registration 9H-AMW performing flight 2B-224 from Venice (Italy) to Tirana (Albania) with 135 people on board, was enroute at FL290 about 80nm eastnortheast of Ancona (Italy), almost overhead Zadar (Croatia), when the crew decided to divert to Ancona reporting control problems. A massive emergency response was initiated at Ancona, rescue helicopters were dispatched to the airport. The aircraft landed safely on Ancona's runway 22 about 22 minutes after leaving FL290.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Ancona about 60 hours after landing.

Italian media reported 118 emergency vehicles and several helicopters were dispatched to the aerodrome, however, the landing was safe.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 5, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
2B-224

Departure
Venice, Italy

Destination
Tirana, Albania

Aircraft Registration
9H-AMW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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