Fiji B738 at Auckland on Jun 15th 2016, could not retract landing gear, forgotten gear pin
Last Update: June 15, 2016 / 21:39:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Fiji Airways
Flight number
FJ-410
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Nadi, Fiji
Aircraft Registration
DQ-FJG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline reported that a tyre had been changed prior to departure, the gear pin had not been removed prior to departure however. The gear pin was removed, and the aircraft departed again.
The aircraft, that had first departed with a delay of 80 minutes already, departed again after about 70 minutes on the ground and reached Nadi with a total delay of 4 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Fiji Airways
Flight number
FJ-410
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Nadi, Fiji
Aircraft Registration
DQ-FJG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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