Blue B734 at East Midlands on Oct 10th 2020, flaps problems

Last Update: October 11, 2020 / 15:33:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

A Blue Air Boeing 737-400, registration YR-BAZ performing positioning flight BLA-22P from Buchrest Baneasa (Romania) to East Midlands,EN (UK), was on approach to East Midlands when the crew stopped the descent at 4000 feet due to flaps problems and entered a hold to work the related checklists and prepare for the landing. The aircraft performed a safe landing on runway 27 about 20 minutes later.

The aircraft is still on the ground in East Midlands about 9 hours later. The aircraft is estimated to continue the positioning flight to the United States of America via Keflavik (Iceland).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 10, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Blue Air

Aircraft Registration
YR-BAZ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400

ICAO Type Designator
B734

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