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Landing gear fails to retract on Thai Airways flight
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A Thai Airways flight bound for Bangkok was forced to turn back to Frankfurt yesterday after declaring an in-flight emergency over a landing gear fault.
Key facts
- Flight TG921 departed Frankfurt Airport in Germany at 12.34pm local time on its scheduled route to Bangkok
- A Thai Airways flight bound for Bangkok was forced to turn back to Frankfurt yesterday after declaring an in-flight emergency over a landing gear fault.
- The aircraft circled back and landed safely at Frankfurt Airport at 2.11pm local time.
- In another separate news, Bam Thanrungrueangchai has become Thai Airways’ first female pilot, flying her debut commercial service on June 1 along the Bangkok to Hanoi route
Summary
Flight TG921 departed Frankfurt Airport in Germany at 12.34pm local time on its scheduled route to Bangkok. Around thirty eight minutes into the flight, the crew transmitted a squawk 7700 signal, the international code used to alert air traffic control to a general emergency.
The aircraft circled back and landed safely at Frankfurt Airport at 2.11pm local time.