Stefan, Its good to bring a topic back up if you got some news to add..

Also Stefan is a huge contributor for movements so anything he brings up is always good, Thanks Stefan was wondering when the A343's would finally start :D

RPC3434 PR0210 29/03/2011 10:41 Philippine Airlines A340-313X Melbourne-Sydney-Manila
RPC3434 PR0210 29/03/2011 12:54 Philippine Airlines A340-313X Melbourne-Sydney-Manila

Evening all,

RP-C3431 is operating tonights PR211. 1st visit.

PR212 emergency landing 23/4/17
 

Anyone know the details? One report suggested that landing gear could not be retracted. There seems to be a paucity of information ...

It was circling the illawarra for quite a while with landing gear extended, but I haven't seen confirmation as to whether that was the issue itself or an attempt to increase fuel burn to reach landing weight

From this Avherald report it seems an hydraulic issue was the case, including inability to retract gear, loss of nosewheel steering and loss of some reversers.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a80773d&opt=0

The A343 involved in this incident, RP-C3435 ferried to Manila on Tuesday evening 25/4/17 and returned to service on Thursday 27/4/17 when it operated to London. It returned to Sydney last night and flew the early service to Manila this morning, 4/5/17.