Rossiya B738 at St. Petersburg on Oct 18th 2021, unsafe gear

Last Update: October 18, 2021 / 14:18:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 18, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Rossiya

Flight number
FV-5616

Departure
Sochi, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BOB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Rossiya Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BOB performing flight FV-5616 (dep Oct 17th) from Sochi to St. Petersburg (Russia) with 189 passengers and 6 crew, was on final approach to St. Petersburg's runway 28L when the crew went around from about 1800 feet MSL due to all three landing gear struts showing both red (intermediate) and green (locked down) indications. The crew worked the related checklists, selected the gear up and down again, after which an all green indication occurred for all gear struts. The aircraft landed safely on runway 28L about 25 minutes after the ground around.

The aircraft is still on the ground in St. Petersburg about 17 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 18, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Rossiya

Flight number
FV-5616

Departure
Sochi, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BOB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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