Hainan A333 at St. Petersburg on Oct 6th 2019, flaps problem

Last Update: October 6, 2019 / 22:01:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HU-7965

Aircraft Registration
B-1021

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration B-1021 performing flight HU-7965 from Beijing (China) to St. Petersburg (Russia), was descending towards St. Petersburg when the crew reported problems with the flaps and advised they'd need to land at a higher than normal speed. The aircraft levelled off at 2500 feet to work the checklists and prepare the landing for about 15 minutes, then continued the approach and performed a safe landing on runway 10L at a higher than normal speed (167 knots over ground) about 25 minutes after levelling off at 2500 feet.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 6 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HU-7965

Aircraft Registration
B-1021

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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