Saudia A320 at Geneva on Jan 13th 2024, trouble to climb? No, problem with flight controls

Last Update: January 14, 2024 / 17:13:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SV-236

Aircraft Registration
HZ-ASA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration HZ-ASA performing flight SV-236 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was climbing out of Geneva's runway 04 already handed off to departure when the controller queried the crew whether they were having problems to climb, prompting the crew reply "no, we have a problem with the flight controls". The aircraft levelled off at FL150 and entered a hold, subsequenty descended to FL100 and entered another hold before the aircraft commenced a return to Geneva's runway 04 for a safe landing at a normal speed about 2.5 hours after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed again and reached Jeddah with a delay of about 5:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SV-236

Aircraft Registration
HZ-ASA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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