Aerostan B742 at Karachi on Aug 20th 2021, could not fully retract the leading edge flaps

Last Update: August 20, 2021 / 15:35:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aerostan

Flight number
BCS-757

Aircraft Registration
EX-47002

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-200

ICAO Type Designator
B742

An Aerostan Boeing 747-200 freighter, registration EX-47002 performing flight BCS-757 from Karachi (Pakistan) to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), was climbing out of Karachi's runway 25L when the crew requested to stop the climb at FL170 to work some checklists. The crew subsequently requested to return to Karachi advising ATC they had a problem with retracting the leading edge flaps. The aircraft returned to Karachi for a safe landing on runway 25L about one hour after departure.

The aircraft is currently still on the ground in Karachi about 3.5 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 20, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aerostan

Flight number
BCS-757

Aircraft Registration
EX-47002

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-200

ICAO Type Designator
B742

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