Guaranteed: It didn’t take “30 minutes” for the crew to figure out they had a flap problem after takeoff!
“Guaranteed: It didn’t take “30 minutes” for the crew to figure out they had a flap problem after takeoff!”
For sure. But as long as the flaps are not asymetrically jammed, it’s not a critical emergency. So they have plenty of time to make sure to comply with the specific emergency procedure for this special case. Notify ATC, check hydraulic pressure, switch hydraulic circuits to alternate hydraulic pump, dump fuel (might take a lot of time depending on how much fuel needs to get dumped), rebalance the plane while dumping fuel by pumping fuel from one fuel tank to another, ...