Created Monday, Apr 5th 2021 10:57Z, last updated Tuesday, Apr 6th 2021 19:58Z
A Nordwind Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BVY performing flight
N4-651 from Kazan (Russia) to Istanbul (Turkey), was climbing out of Kazan's runway 29 when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 due to problems with the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew assessing their options, subsequently climbed to FL120 and diverted to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), the airline's headquarters.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VQ-BDC reached Istanbul with a delay of about 5:40 hours.
On Apr 6th 2021 Rosaviatsia reported the crew reported the gear could not be retracted at all.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Moscow about 32 hours after landing.
