Volotea B712 at Palermo on Mar 19th 2016, could not fully retract gear
Last Update: March 23, 2016 / 00:07:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Volotea Airlines
Flight number
V7-1546
Departure
Palermo, Italy
Destination
Naples, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EXI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200
ICAO Type Designator
B712
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then departed again and reached Naples with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Volotea Airlines
Flight number
V7-1546
Departure
Palermo, Italy
Destination
Naples, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EXI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200
ICAO Type Designator
B712
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