Air Atlanta Europe’s Boeing 747-400 freighter, registered 9H-AKA, diverted to Amsterdam after departing Liège on Thursday with a flap problem that interrupted the climb shortly after take-off. The cargo jet, operating flight CC-2615 to Kinshasa, later landed safely on runway 18R at Amsterdam Schiphol instead of continuing to its planned destination.
The crew stopped the climb at flight level 110 after detecting the technical issue, then turned back and dumped fuel over the North Sea before routing to Amsterdam. The aircraft reportedly arrived about two hours after departure, underlining the operational impact of an in-flight defect on a long-haul freighter sector.
The incident is relevant for cargo operators because diversions on intercontinental freight flights can disrupt schedules, delay shipments and trigger maintenance checks before the aircraft returns to service. The precise cause of the flap malfunction was not specified in the available reports.