Created Sunday, Jan 14th 2024 17:13Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 14th 2024 17:13Z
A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration HZ-ASA performing flight
SV-236 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was climbing out of Geneva's runway 04 already handed off to departure when the controller queried the crew whether they were having problems to climb, prompting the crew reply "no, we have a problem with the flight controls". The aircraft levelled off at FL150 and entered a hold, subsequenty descended to FL100 and entered another hold before the aircraft commenced a return to Geneva's runway 04 for a safe landing at a normal speed about 2.5 hours after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then departed again and reached Jeddah with a delay of about 5:15 hours.
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