Cargolux B748 at Luxembourg on May 20th 2023, unsafe gear
Last Update: May 20, 2023 / 15:02:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 20, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Cargolux
Flight number
CV-5486
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Aircraft Registration
LX-VCB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The airline reported: "Cargolux confirms that short after noon on Saturday 20th May, B747-8F LX-VCB declared an emergency in coming to land at Findel Airport. They had an indication of the aircraft’s landing gears not being properly deployed. They executed a low fly past to confirm that all gears were down. The aircraft landed safely with the emergency services on hand.
No injuries were sustained to people."
The aircraft is still on the ground in Luxembourg about 5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 20, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Cargolux
Flight number
CV-5486
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Aircraft Registration
LX-VCB
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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