Aeroflot A333 at Moscow on Jan 25th 2019, could not retract gear

Last Update: January 28, 2019 / 22:05:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-232

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BEL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An Aeroflot Airbus A330-300, registration VQ-BEL performing flight SU-232 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Delhi (India) with 196 passengers, was climbing out of Sheremetyevo's runway 24L when the crew stopped the climb at FL060 after being unable to retract the left and nose landing gear. The aircraft burned off fuel for about 70 minutes, then returned to Sheremetyevo for a safe landing on runway 24R about 85 minutes after departure.

A replacement A330-300 registration VP-BDE reached Delhi with a delay of 4:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Moscow for 24 hours before returning to service.

Rosaviatsia reported a post flight inspection revealed the gear pins were still installed on nose and left main gear.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aeroflot

Flight number
SU-232

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BEL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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