Singapore Airlines flight to Shanghai delayed for 4 hours due to issue with landing gear
SINGAPORE - A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from Singapore to Shanghai was delayed for four hours on Thursday (May 26) due to a technical problem.
Flight SQ830, an Airbus 380-800, was due to depart Changi Airport at 9.45am but left at only 1.46pm.
The 327 passengers and crew on board took a different aircraft to their destination.
Mr Lee Beng Hai told The Straits Times that they were still waiting for the plane to depart at 1.30pm.
Passengers were told to disembark and wait for another plane, he said in an e-mail.
A spokesman for SIA said the plane "experienced a technical issue with the landing gear system while it was on ground".
"The aircraft returned to gate twice for engineering checks, after which a replacement aircraft was deployed."
-- ST