Airblue A320 at Islamabad on May 23rd 2024, could not fully retract landing gear

Last Update: May 24, 2024 / 16:34:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 23, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Airblue

Flight number
PA-251

Destination
Skardu, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BNU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Airblue Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BNU performing flight PA-251 from Islamabad to Skardu (Pakistan), was climbing out of Islamabad's runway 10R when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet due to being unable to fully retract the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold while working the related checklists, performed a low approach to runway 10R to have the landing gear inspected from the ground about 25 minutes after departure, then positioned for another approach to runway 10R and landed safely on runway 10R about 40 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The aircraft positioned from Islamabad to Karachi about 30 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 23, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Airblue

Flight number
PA-251

Destination
Skardu, Pakistan

Aircraft Registration
AP-BNU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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