Qantas A332 at Melbourne on Jan 26th 2020, could not retract gear
Last Update: January 29, 2020 / 23:06:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 26, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-37
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Singapore, Singapore
Aircraft Registration
VH-EBS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A passenger reported the landing gear didn't want to come up.
A ground observer reported the aircraft was climbing out with all gear still down.
The flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 3 days and 4 hours, then returned to service.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 26, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Airline
Qantas
Flight number
QF-37
Departure
Melbourne, Australia
Destination
Singapore, Singapore
Aircraft Registration
VH-EBS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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