Airbus A3ST at Hamburg on Jun 20th 2017, could not retract gear
Last Update: June 20, 2017 / 23:30:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 20, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Departure
Hamburg Finkenwerder, Germany
Destination
Chester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF
Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga
ICAO Type Designator
A3ST
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 80 minutes, then departed again and reached Chester with a delay of about 2 hours.
A ground observer reported the aircraft did not retract any of the gear strut following the first departure.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 20, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Could not retract gear
Departure
Hamburg Finkenwerder, Germany
Destination
Chester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF
Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga
ICAO Type Designator
A3ST
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