Created Monday, Sep 6th 2021 21:14Z, last updated Monday, Sep 6th 2021 21:14Z
A UPS Boeing 757-200 freighter, registration N403UP performing freight flight 5X-991 from Spokane,WA to Ontario,CA (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing out of Spokane's runway 03 when the crew stopped the climb at about 8300 feet reporting an avionics autopilot system issue and requested to enter a hold ro run the checklists. Subsequently the crew declared emergency reporting a flight control issue and returned to Spokane for a safe landing on runway 03 about 30 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Spokane about 91 hours (3 days 19 hours) after landing back.
