British Airways B744 at Riyadh on Aug 8th 2013, could not fully retract flaps
Last Update: August 10, 2013 / 18:53:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-262Y
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNLN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The aircraft was resuming flight BA-262 scheduled to depart on Aug 7th after it had returned on Aug 7th due to the same problem, see Incident: British Airways B744 at Riyadh on Aug 7th 2013, could not fully retract flaps.
A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration G-CIVD was dispatched to Riyadh and reached London as flight BA-262Y with a delay of 52 hours.
The incident aircraft positioned back to London on Aug 10th as flight BA-9177 with a delay of 72 hours but has not yet resumed service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 8, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-262Y
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-BNLN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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