Challenge B744 at Atlanta on Feb 20th 2023, flaps problems on departure

Last Update: February 21, 2023 / 12:07:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 20, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Challenge Air

Flight number
X7-562

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Liege, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-ACE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Challenge Air Boeing 747-400, registration OO-ACE performing flight X7-562 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Liege (Belgium), was climbing out of Atlanta's runway 27R when the crew advised departure that they had problems with the flaps, their maximum flight level was 200. The aircraft stopped the climb at FL200 and set course to divert to New York's,NY (USA) JFK Airport, entered a hold near Atlantic City, and landed on JFK's runway 31L about 3:20 hours after departure from Atlanta.

The aircraft is still on the ground in New York about 9 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 20, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Challenge Air

Flight number
X7-562

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Liege, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-ACE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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