Transavia B738 at Rotterdam on Oct 13th 2018, flaps problem

Last Update: October 15, 2018 / 21:56:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-5244

Aircraft Registration
N739MA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Transavia Boeing 737-800, registration N739MA performing flight HV-5244 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Rotterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to Rotterdam's runway 24 when the crew initiated a go around from about 2000 feet due to a technical issue. The crew subsequently advised they had a flaps problem and would need to divert to Amsterdam for a landing at a higher speed than normal, however, no assistance on the ground was needed. The aircraft diverted to Amsterdam for a safe landing on runway 18R at a higher than normal speed (about 170 knots over ground) about 30 minutes after the go around.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Amsterdam for about 7 hours, then positioned to Rotterdam and resumed service, however, suffered a similiar problem later the day again, see Incident: Transavia B738 at Rotterdam on Oct 14th 2018, flaps problem.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-5244

Aircraft Registration
N739MA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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