SkyUP B739 near Kiev on Dec 28th 2019, unreliable airspeed

Last Update: December 31, 2019 / 19:19:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
SkyUp Airlines

Flight number
PQ-431

Departure
Kiev, Ukraine

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
UR-SQJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

A SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration UR-SQJ performing flight PQ-431 from Kiev (Ukraine) to Tbilisi (Georgia), was climbing through FL270 out of Kiev when the crew stopped the climb at FL270 due to unreliable airspeed but continued into the direction of Tbilisi. About 10 minutes later the crew descended the aircraft to FL200 and turned around to return to Kiev. The aircraft subsequently entered a hold at FL190 to burn off fuel. The aircraft landed safely back in Kiev about 110 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft had departed with a delay due to problems with the starter of one of the engines (CFM56). The passengers disembarked, the aircraft was repaired and departed again about 14 hours later only to return again due to problems with the speed display systems.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
SkyUp Airlines

Flight number
PQ-431

Departure
Kiev, Ukraine

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
UR-SQJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

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