Alitalia A332 at Boston on Aug 16th 2012, could not retract the gear
Last Update: August 19, 2012 / 11:08:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-615
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-DIP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
A photo submitted by a reader on Aug 19th shows a rod fractured in the actuator mechanism of the right main landing gear.
The incident aircraft has not yet departed New York again about 37 hours after landing in New York.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-615
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-DIP
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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