Saudia jet with flap problem forced to circle Manchester Airport for four hours
Written by News on 20/07/2017
A passenger jet was forced to circle over Manchester Airport for four hours due to a technical problem.
The flight from Saudi Arabia had to fly to burn off fuel after developing a problem with the wing flaps.
Saudia flight SV 123 from Jeddah to Manchester was due to land at 8:30am on Thursday, after taking off from Jeddah at 4.11am.
Instead the Boeing Dreamliner 787 flew around for four hours, before finally landing at 12.30pm.
Radar images of the plane’s flight path were shown on aviation monitoring websites and revealed it was flying in huge circles southeast of the airport.
The jet flew over the Peak District and travelled as far away as Nottingham before heading back to Manchester.
A Saudia spokesman confirmed a problem with the plane’s flaps and that it was flying to burn off fuel before landing.
He did not reveal how many passengers were on board, but said: "This sort of thing happens from time to time."
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