TUI B788 at London on Feb 16th 2023, could not fully retract flaps/slats

Last Update: February 22, 2023 / 20:33:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BY-20

Aircraft Registration
G-TUIC

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A TUI Airways Boeing 787-8, registration G-TUIC performing flight BY-20 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Bridgetown (Barbados), was climbing out of Gatwick's runway 26L when the crew could not fully retract the flaps/slats and stopped the climb at FL100 maintaining low speed. The aircraft returned to Gatwick for a safe landing on runway 26L about 55 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 787-8 registration G-TUIB reached Bridgetown with a delay of about 4.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Gatwick until Feb 19th, performed a test flight and returned to service on Feb 20th 2023.

The aircraft had also returned to Gatwick the previous day (Feb 15th 2023) performing flight BY-84 to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), passengers reported they were not given any information about the reason for the return.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 16, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BY-20

Aircraft Registration
G-TUIC

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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