A Rossiya Boeing 747-400, registration EI-XLF performing flight FV-5663 from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Antalya (Turkey) with 408 passengers and 13 crew, was climbing out of Pulkovo Airport's runway 28L when the crew could not retract the landing gear. The aircraft stopped the climb at FL090 and returned to St. Petersburg for a safe landing on runway 28L about 25 minutes after departure.
A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration EI-XLC reached Antalya with a delay of about 8 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 8 hours after landing back.