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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Transavia Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Malaga (Spain) to Rotterdam (Netherlands), experienced flaps problem.
Aircraft was on final approach to Rotterdam’s runway when the crew initiated a go around reporting a flaps problem. The crew subsequently decided to divert to Amsterdam (Netherlands). The crew declared emergency reporting the flaps were not responding, they needed to perform a flaps up landing.
The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam’s runway at a higher than normal speed about 30 minutes later.