Iceland B763 near Boston on May 16th 2016, could not retract one main gear strut

Last Update: May 19, 2016 / 21:58:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-630

Aircraft Registration
TF-ISN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Icelandair Boeing 767-300, registration TF-ISN performing flight FI-630 from Boston,MA (USA) to Keflavik (Iceland) with 263 people on board, was climbing out of Boston when the crew requested to maintain 14,000 feet due to a minor technical problem. The aircraft continued at 14,000 feet in the general direction of Iceland, however, about 120nm northeast of Boston the crew decided to return to Boston reporting they could not retract their left main gear. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 33L about 65 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Boston 67 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 16, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-630

Aircraft Registration
TF-ISN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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