Swift B738 at Prague on Sep 23rd 2019, flaps failure
Last Update: September 24, 2019 / 20:43:38 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Swiftair
Flight number
QS-1147
Departure
Rhodes, Greece
Destination
Prague, Czech Republic
Aircraft Registration
N277EA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airport reported the crew reported a flap failure, the aircraft landed flaps up. Emergency services intervened and used overpressure ventilators to cool the brakes while thermally monitoring the brakes.
Smartwings reported a faulty sensor was replaced during a thorough inspection, the aircraft was returned to service.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:40 hours, then returned to service departing for flight QS-1132 from Prague to Kefallinia (Greece). The aircraft however did not perform the return flight QS-1133 on Sep 23rd but remained on the ground in Kefallinia for about 20 hours before performing the return flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 23, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Swiftair
Flight number
QS-1147
Departure
Rhodes, Greece
Destination
Prague, Czech Republic
Aircraft Registration
N277EA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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