LX15 - Incident: Swiss A333 at New York on Aug 2nd 2024

A Swiss International Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration HB-JHK performing flight LX-15 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Zurich (Switzerland) with 232 people on board, was climbing out of JFK's runway 22R when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting a problem with the landing gear. The aircraft stopped the climb at 5000 feet and entered a hold to troubleshoot the problem repeatedly trying to retract the landing gear. The aircraft subsequently burned off fuel and returned to JFK for a safe landing on runway 31L about 1:50 hours after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 23 hours after landing back, then departed for the next day's flight LX-15.

According to information The Aviation Herald received, the airline originally believed a bird strike had disabled the landing gear. Upon inspection the landing gear pins were found installed however.