Argentinas A343 at Buenos Aires on Oct 26th 2018, gear doors did not close

Last Update: October 29, 2018 / 22:22:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AR-1132

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
LV-FPU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

An Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300, registration LV-FPU performing flight AR-1132 from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Buenos Aires' runway 11 when the crew received indication that at least one of the landing gear doors had not closed. The crew stopped the climb at FL080, dumped fuel and returned to Buenos Aires for a safe landing about 100 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration LV-FPV reached Madrid as flight AR-1932 with a delay of 10.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AR-1132

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
LV-FPU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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