Somon B739 at Dushanbe on Jun 26th 2013, could not retract gear

Last Update: June 27, 2013 / 16:15:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Somon Air

Flight number
4J-631

Aircraft Registration
P4-SOM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

A Somon Air Boeing 737-900, registration P4-SOM performing flight 4J-631 from Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) with 173 passengers, could not fully retract the landing gear after departure from Dushanbe, levelled off, burned off fuel and returned to Dushanbe for a safe landing about 2 hours after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration P4-TAJ reached Moscow with a delay of 3:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Somon Air

Flight number
4J-631

Aircraft Registration
P4-SOM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

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