Flybe flight landing drama as wing flaps fail

Flybe flight landing drama as wing flaps fail
Flybe flight landing drama as wing flaps fail





A Flybe flight from Belfast to Birmingham endured a midair drama upon landing when the plane's wing flaps failed.

The aircraft reportedly circled the airport before landing without using the flaps.

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Flaps are used to reduce the speed at which the aircraft can be safely flown and to increase the angle of descent for landing.

Landing without using the flaps involved a higher speed than normal and using a longer approach to the runway, reports the Birmingham Mail.

The paper adds that the plane landed an hour late at 10.15 on Tuesday morning, safely and without any injuries.

A report in the The Aviation Herald read: "A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-PRPB performing flight BE-403 from Belfast City,NI to Birmingham,EN (UK), was on approach to Birmingham's runway 15 when the crew went around reporting problems with the flaps.

"The aircraft entered a hold while the crew was working the checklists. The crew finally prepared the aircraft for a flaps up landing and landed safely on Birmingham's runway 33 at a higher than normal speed (about 170 knots over ground) about 30 minutes after aborting the first approach.

"The aircraft is still on the ground in Birmingham about 9 hours after landing.

"The airline confirmed the captain took the recommended precautionary actions following a suspected minor technical problem. All passengers disembarked normally."



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