Saudi Arabian Airlines 787-9 HZ-ARC making an emergency landing at Manchester Airport on the 20/07/17. The aircraft was operating as SV123 from Jeddah to Manchester to Manchester when the aircrafts flaps became stuck, the aircraft then went into a hold for some time before landing on Manchester Airports runway 23L.
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Incident: Saudia B789 at Manchester on Jul 20th 2017, flaps problem

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 787-900, registration HZ-ARC performing flight SV-123 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Manchester,EN (UK), was on approach to Manchester when the crew reported problems with the flaps and entered a hold for about 4 hours. The aircraft landed safely on Manchester's runway 23L at a higher than normal speed (about 162 knots over ground).

The airline confirmed the aircraft suffered problems with the flaps, the crew burned off fuel prior to landing.

20 July 2017

A plane has landed safely at Manchester Airport after circling for more than four hours due to a technical fault.

The Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Dreamliner, which departed from Jeddah at 02.32 BST and was due to land at 08:30, started to circle over the Peak District.

The plane landed at 12:28. It had a total of six hours of fuel reserves.

The airline said there was an issue with the trailing edge flaps and it was waiting for a dry runway.

The flaps are used to help control the speed and angle of an aircraft's descent.

A spokesman for Saudia said once the wet weather had cleared up in Manchester, the plane was able to land safely.

He said it was carrying six hours' worth of fuel reserves.