Ryanair B738 at Liverpool on Jan 5th 2016, flaps problem

Last Update: January 7, 2016 / 22:29:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-6674

Aircraft Registration
EI-EKB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EKB performing flight FR-6674 from Knock (Ireland) to Liverpool,EN (UK) with 156 passengers, was on approach to Liverpool when the crew stopped the descent at 5000 feet reporting a problem with the flaps and entered a hold for about 20 minutes to work the checklists. The crew was able to resolve the problem and continued for a normal and safe landing at Liverpool.

The airline reported the crew received a flaps indication about 12nm before Liverpool, entered a hold, reset the flaps and proceeded for a normal landing.

The occurrence aircraft had already encountered flaps problems 9 days earlier resulting in a flaps up landing, see Incident: Ryanair B738 at Dublin on Dec 27th 2015, flaps up landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ryanair

Flight number
FR-6674

Aircraft Registration
EI-EKB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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