SAS B738 near Trondheim on Aug 14th 2020, unruly fans

Last Update: August 14, 2020 / 19:56:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-4490

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Longyearbyen, Norway

Aircraft Registration
LN-RRT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration LN-RRT performing flight SK-4490 from Oslo to Longyearbyen (Norway), was enroute at FL370 about 30nm southeast of Trondheim (Norway) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Oslo due to a number of error messages with several computer fans. The aircraft landed safely back in Oslo about 65 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration LN-RCN reached Svalbard Airport with a delay of 2:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 11 hours later.

The airline reported, there was an error message with some fans for computers on board. The aircraft could have continued to Longyearbyen, however, the aircraft would have become stuck at Svalbard without a technician being available there. The aircraft thus returned to Gardermoen Airport for practical reasons.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
LN-RRT
Country of Registration
Norway
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
737-883
ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
Serial Number
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-4490

Departure
Oslo, Norway

Destination
Longyearbyen, Norway

Aircraft Registration
LN-RRT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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