Sunwing B738 at Lanzarote on Oct 5th 2015, flaps failure
Last Update: October 26, 2015 / 22:12:44 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 5, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
BY-1132
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Lanzarote, Spain
Aircraft Registration
C-FEAK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The Canadian TSB reported on Oct 26th 2015 that the flaps got stuck between 15 and 25 degrees when the flaps were selected to 25 degrees. The aircraft subsequently carried out an uneventful flaps 15 landing.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart for the return flight after about 90 minutes on the ground and reached Dublin with a delay of 50 minutes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 5, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
BY-1132
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Lanzarote, Spain
Aircraft Registration
C-FEAK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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