Created Thursday, Dec 29th 2022 18:29Z, last updated Thursday, Dec 29th 2022 18:29Z
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N8604K performing flight
WN-1715 from Chicago Midway,IL to Phoenix,AZ (USA), was climbing out of Midway's runway 22L when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet due to being unable to fully retract the flaps. The crew initially intended to divert to Chicago O'Hare but ultimately decided to divert to Milwaukee,WI, where the aircraft landed on runway 19R at a higher than normal speed (about 160 knots over ground) without further incident.
A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration N8718Q reached Phoenix with a delay of about 3:45 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 16 hours after landing.
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