SAA A346 at Johannesburg on Apr 6th 2019, could not retract left main gear
Last Update: April 10, 2019 / 21:06:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAA South African Airways
Flight number
SA-260
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
ZS-SNG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
A replacement A340-600 registration ZS-SNH reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 3:20 hours.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the left main gear's shortening mechanism had failed preventing the left main gear strut to fully retract.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Johannesburg about 98 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAA South African Airways
Flight number
SA-260
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
ZS-SNG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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