Transavia B737 at Innsbruck and Munich on Jan 26th 2020, flaps problem, flaps up landing

Last Update: January 26, 2020 / 17:57:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 26, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-6923

Aircraft Registration
PH-XRD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Transavia Boeing 737-700, registration PH-XRD performing flight HV-6923 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Innsbruck (Austria) with 145 people on board, was descending towards Innsbruck via the West approach, when just before reaching Kühtai the crew stopped the descent at 13,000 feet due to a flaps problem. The crew decided to divert to Munich (Germany), prepared the aircraft for a flaps up (zero flaps) landing and landed safely on Munich's runway 26L at a higher than normal speed (182 knots over ground) about 40 minutes after aborting the descent into Innsbruck, vacated the runway and taxied to a remote stand with emergency services in trail.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 26, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-6923

Aircraft Registration
PH-XRD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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