A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JNZ performing flight TK-733 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 202 passengers and 10 crew, was climbing out of Colombo's runway 22 when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet due to problems with the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold to burn off fuel and landed safely back on Colombo's runway 22 about 2.5 hours after departure. The passengers were taken to hotels.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 20 hours, then departed again and is currently enroute to Istanbul.


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