During the very early hours of Friday morning, a Gulf Air Boeing 787 operating GF6 to Manama made a emergency return back to London due to a problem onboard.
Information is limited surrounding this incident, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Gulf Air GF6 – London to Manama…
Gulf Air flight GF6, operated by the Boeing 787 which suffered the problem, is a routine scheduled flight between London & Manama.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was A9C-FA.
As per data from Planespotters.net, A9C-FA is a 6.4 year old Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline in April 2018.
Of the 787-9 Dreamliner variant, Gulf Air has 10 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of that 10, seven are in active service, and three are parked, with an average fleet age of 5.2 years.
As well as the 787-9, the airline also has the following other aircraft in their fleet:
– 14 Airbus A320s.
– 17 Airbus A321s.
In total, the airline has 41 aircraft in their fleet, of which 36 of them are in active service, with an overall fleet age of 6.6 years.
Gulf Air flight GF6 departed London Heathrow at 0032 local time on August 2 and initially climbed out towards Manama.
Furthermore, not long into the climb, the aircraft suffered a problem onboard.
This resulted in the aircraft entering a series of holds to dump fuel.
From there, the aircraft landed safely without further incident at 0120 local time.
As per @FlightEmergency on X, it is understood the cause was a nose gear door problem with the aircraft.
Aircraft Grounded For 14 Hours Following the Incident…
Data from RadarBox.com highlights that A9C-FA, the Gulf Air Boeing 787 operating GF6 London-Manama was grounded for around 14 hours following the incident.
It is understood that a replacement aircraft, A9C-FF, was utilised to take the stranded passengers onwards, with a delay of six hours.
Moreover, as for A9C-FA, the aircraft positioned back to Manama 14 hours later as GFA006D.
It has been back in commercial service since, operating the following flights in that time:
– GF7 – BAH-LHR.
– GF2 – LHR-BAH.
– GF152 – BAH-BKK.
– GF153 – BKK-BAH.
– GF512 – BAH-DXB.
– GF513 – DXB-BAH.
No additional incidents have been reported with the aircraft following Friday night’s incident.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this incident, we will update you accordingly on this.
Such updates will be seen at the bottom of this article as more information comes in on this.
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