Nepal A320 at Delhi on Sep 11th 2016, flaps and autopilot problems

Last Update: September 12, 2016 / 22:12:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RA-218

Departure
Delhi, India

Destination
Kathmandu, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
9N-AKW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKW performing flight RA-218 from Delhi (India) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 152 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Delhi's runway 28 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting they had problems with the flaps and could not retract them, the flaps were locked, in addition they had a problem with the autopilot. The aircraft entered a hold for about 20 minutes while the crew was working the related checklists, then positioned for a safe landing on runway 28 at a higher than normal speed (about 160 knots over ground) about 35 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Delhi about 31 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RA-218

Departure
Delhi, India

Destination
Kathmandu, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
9N-AKW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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