| INFO | Flight encountered a problem and was recovered |
| INFO | Flight progress was 91% at time of recovery |
| 17:30 | Boeing 737-883NGX SAS Scandinavian Airlines (Freja Viking) Winglets |
| 17:30 | Flight SAS0538 is ready to depart EIDW with a final destination of EKCH. |
| 17:30 | Parking Brake Applied |
| 17:30 | Boarding |
| 17:30 | ADF1 - 284.0 |
| 17:30 | ADF2 - 240.0 |
| 17:30 | NAV1 - 113.70 |
| 17:30 | COM1 - 128.30 |
| 17:30 | COM2 - 127.80 |
| 17:30 | Transponder - 1200 |
| 17:32 | COM1 - 122.80 |
| 17:43 | Transponder - 2200 |
| 17:47 | Parking Brake Released |
| 17:48 | Engine 2 Started |
| 17:49 | Parking Brake Applied |
| 17:50 | Engine 1 Started |
| 17:52 | Parking Brake Released |
| 17:52 | Taxiing to Runway |
| 17:56 | Landing Lights ON 9AGL |
| 17:57 | Flaps to position 1 |
| 17:57 | Flaps to position 2 |
| 17:57 | Flaps to position 3 |
| 17:57 | Taking Off with 0 passengers on board |
| 17:58 | Take off at 139kts, with a pitch of 14deg and 6860kgs of fuel on board |
| 17:58 | Wind Heading 260 | Wind Speed 12kts | Temperature 12 deg C |
| 17:58 | Gear up at 495AGL |
| 17:58 | Climbing to TOC |
| 18:01 | Flaps to position 2 at 7526ft and 254kts |
| 18:01 | Flaps to position 1 at 8363ft and 258kts |
| 18:01 | Flaps to position 0 at 9682ft and 262kts |
| 18:02 | Landing Lights OFF 10505AGL |
| 18:16 | TOC reached |
| 18:16 | Cruise Level 35000 |
| 18:16 | Cruise started |
| 19:03 | AFK Activated |
| 19:06 | AFK Acknowledged |
| 19:16 | TOD reached |
| 19:16 | Descending to destination |
| 19:20 | NAV1 - 109.50 |
| 19:22 | Spoilers Deployed at 15446feet AGL |
Graeme Barker (UNI728)
This flight was recovered using the Flight Dispatch Centre after a problem was detected.