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Emirates Airbus A380 from Manchester diverted to Heathrow after ‘landing gear problem’!

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An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EEB performing flight EK18 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was climbing out of Manchester’s runway 23R when the crew could not retract the landing gear, they stopped the climb at FL090 and entered a hold before deciding to divert to London Heathrow,EN (UK), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 27L about 90 minutes after departure.


(Photo: Chris Ogilvieþ)

This post was published on 12 March 2017 18:41

Maarten Van Den Driessche

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