A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JNI performing flight TK-45 from Cape Town (South Africa) to Istanbul (Turkey), was climbing out of Cape Town's runway 19 when the crew was unable to retract the landing gear and stopped the climb at FL080. The aircraft entered a hold to work the checklists and burn off fuel. After about two hours in the hold the aircraft set course to divert to Johannesburg (South Africa), climbed to FL200 at first, later FL220. The aircraft landed safely on Johannesburg's runway 03R about 4:20 hours after departure. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail.

Multiple witnesses on the ground in Cape Town reported the aircraft climbed out with the landing gear remaining extended.