Airbus A3ST at Hamburg on Jun 20th 2017, could not retract gear

Last Update: June 20, 2017 / 23:30:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2017

Classification
Accident

Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga

ICAO Type Designator
A3ST

An Airbus Airbus A300-600 Beluga, registration F-GSTF performing freight flight BG-134F from Hamburg Finkenwerder (Germany) to Chester,EN (UK), was climbing out of Finkenwerder's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Finkenwerder for a safe landing on runway 23 about 15 minutes after departure.

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

Aircraft Registration
F-GSTF

Aircraft Type
Airbus Beluga

ICAO Type Designator
A3ST

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