QY6700 - Incident: DHL Austria B763 at Amsterdam on Sep 18th 2024
Created Sunday, Sep 22nd 2024 07:53Z, last updated Sunday, Sep 22nd 2024 07:53Z
A DHL Air Austria Boeing 767-300 freighter, registration OE-LYA performing flight QY-6700 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to London Luton,EN (UK), was climbing out of Amsterdam's runway 36L when the crew stopped the climb at FL060 reporting a flaps problem and decided to return to Amsterdam for a safe landing on runway 06 about 22 minutes after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed again from runway 36L, again needed to level off at FL060 reporting the same problem as before and returned to Amsterdam again advising they would land at a higher speed than normal (about 170 KIAS), but expected a normal landing. The aircraft landed safely on runway 06 about 170 knots over ground about 15 minutes after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 27 hours before returning to service.
Source: The Aviation Herald