Created Wednesday, Feb 22nd 2023 20:33Z, last updated Wednesday, Feb 22nd 2023 20:33Z
A TUI Airways Boeing 787-8, registration G-TUIC performing flight
BY-20 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Bridgetown (Barbados), was climbing out of Gatwick's runway 26L when the crew could not fully retract the flaps/slats and stopped the climb at FL100 maintaining low speed. The aircraft returned to Gatwick for a safe landing on runway 26L about 55 minutes after departure.
A replacement Boeing 787-8 registration G-TUIB reached Bridgetown with a delay of about 4.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Gatwick until Feb 19th, performed a test flight and returned to service on Feb 20th 2023.
The aircraft had also returned to Gatwick the previous day (Feb 15th 2023) performing flight BY-84 to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), passengers reported they were not given any information about the reason for the return.
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