Created Wednesday, Aug 24th 2022 08:05Z, last updated Wednesday, Aug 24th 2022 08:05Z
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000, registration B-LXN performing flight CX-216 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Hong Kong (China), was climbing out of Manchester's runway 23L when the crew did not receive normal gear up and locked indications and stopped the climb at FL120. The aircraft entered a hold and returned to Manchester for a safe landing on runway 23L about 85 minutes after departure.

The flight had been scheduled to depart on Aug 22nd 2022, but was delayed despite the aircraft arriving on time and took off with a delay of 24.5 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft made a precautionary procedural return when there was an abnormal gear indication.

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