Brussels A333 at Brussels on Dec 9th 2019, electrical failure, could not retract gear

Last Update: December 9, 2019 / 23:51:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SN-255

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration OO-SFE performing flight SN-255 from Brussels (Belgium) to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was climbing out of Brussels' runway 25R when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 after receiving a failure message concerning the Electrical Contactor Management Unit #2 (ECMU2) and were unable to retract the landing gear. The aircraft returned to Brussels for a safe landing on runway 25R about 45 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours, then was able to depart again and reached Ouagadougou with a delay of about 3:10 hours.

The airline reported the crew was unable to retract the landing gear.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SN-255

Aircraft Registration
OO-SFE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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