Emirates B773 at Hamburg on Jun 13th 2016, flaps up landing

Last Update: June 28, 2016 / 20:15:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EK-61

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
A6-EGK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EGK performing flight EK-61 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Hamburg (Germany), was on approach to Hamburg's runway 05 descending through about 2800 feet when the crew initiated a go around due to problems with the flaps. The aircraft entered a hold at 4000 feet while the crew worked the related checklists and prepared for a flaps up landing. The aircraft subsequently positioned for another approach to runway 05 and landed safely at a higher than normal speed (about 190 knots over ground) about 30 minutes after aborting the first approach.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart for the return flight EK-62 about 2 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 13, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
EK-61

Destination
Hamburg, Germany

Aircraft Registration
A6-EGK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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