Cargolux B748 at Luxembourg on May 20th 2023, unsafe gear

Last Update: May 20, 2023 / 15:02:28 GMT/Zulu time

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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

A Cargolux Boeing 747-8, registration LX-VCB performing flight CV-5486 (dep May 19th) from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was on final approach to Luxembourg's runway 06 when the crew aborted the approach and turned left off the approach due to an unsafe gear indication. The aircraft subsequently performed a low approach to runway 06 to have the gear inspected from the ground. Ground observers reported all landing gear appeared in place, the aircraft subsequently performed a full stop landing on runway 06 about 25 minutes after aborting the first approach.

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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