ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281919
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 August 2022 |
| Time: | 14:23 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A350-1041 |
| Owner/operator: | Cathay Pacific |
| Registration: | B-LXN |
| MSN: | 424 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2021 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 256 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
| Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cathay Pacific A350 made an emergency landing at Manchester airport (MAN/EGCC) in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2022, after a gear retraction problem.
The aircraft, registration B-LXN, departed Manchester at 13:00 local time (12:00 UTC) for a flight to Hong Kong (HKG/VHHH), but the pilots reported problems retracting the gear after take-off and elected to return to the airport for an emergency landing.
A live stream of the plane’s take-off, shared by the channel Macc Aviation on Youtube (see below), showed the gear starting to retract after take-off, before moving back down again. The aircraft, operating flight CX216, circled over the Irish Sea, likely to dump some fuel to make it lighter for landing.
The A350 landed safely on runway 23L at Manchester at approximately 14:24 local time (15:24 UTC), where it was met by fire trucks, as is standard procedure for this type of landing. The aircraft then taxied by itself back to the terminal.
Sources:
1. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/31981-cathay-pacific-a350-return-manchester-gear
2. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-hong-kong-flight-met-24833146
3. https://avherald.com/h?article=4fd4bbad&opt=0
4. https://www.aeroinside.com/17287/cathay-a35k-at-manchester-on-aug-23rd-2022-gear-problem-after-departure
5. https://simpleflying.com/landing-gear-issue-prompts-cathay-pacific-airbus-a350-1000-return/
6. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/b-lxn
7. https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BLXN/history/20211223/0635Z/EGLL/VHHH
8. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/B-LXN
9. https://oneworldvirtual.org/fleet/aircraft/B-LXN
10. https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_US/flying-with-us/aircraft-and-fleet/airbus-a350/1000.html
Media:
The Cathay Pacific flight was headed to Hong Konghttps://t.co/Exc8APcQhj
— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) August 23, 2022
LIVE / INCIDENT: Cathay #CX216 Manchester to Hong Kong (Airbus A350-1000 B-LXN) is dumping fuel over the Irish Sea prior to return to MAN due to inability to retract landing gear. Track: https://t.co/zQ7vqNFdWf @flightradar24
— Airport Webcams (@AirportWebcams) August 23, 2022
MAN webcam: https://t.co/gV4QTNuO93
H/t @jaandutch50 pic.twitter.com/b3Hl22wjVA
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2022 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Aug-2022 20:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 25-Aug-2022 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2022 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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