A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKW performing flight RA-218 from Delhi (India) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 152 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Delhi's runway 28 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting they had problems with the flaps and could not retract them, the flaps were locked, in addition they had a problem with the autopilot. The aircraft entered a hold for about 20 minutes while the crew was working the related checklists, then positioned for a safe landing on runway 28 at a higher than normal speed (about 160 knots over ground) about 35 minutes after departure.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Delhi about 31 hours after landing.
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