Baltic BCS3 at Amsterdam on May 22nd 2026, brakes problem

Last Update: May 22, 2026 / 15:42:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 22, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-857

Aircraft Registration
YL-CSL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-CSL performing flight BT-857 from Tallinn (Estonia) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to Amsterdam's runway 27 when the crew initiated a go around from about 1000 feet reporting they had slight problems with their brakes and needed to work checklists. The brakes should be working, however, they calculated runway 18R with some margin. The aircraft landed on runway 18R about 15 minutes after the go around.

The aircraft was able to depart for the return flight with a delay of about 65 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 22, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-857

Aircraft Registration
YL-CSL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

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