SAA A346 at Johannesburg on Oct 12th 2012, could not fully retract gear
Last Update: October 14, 2012 / 14:55:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 12, 2012
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
The aircraft was able to depart again after about 2 hours on the ground and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 3:45 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 12, 2012
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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