A LOT Polish Airlines Canadair CRJ-900, registration ES-ACI performing flight LO-794 from Riga (Latvia) to Warsaw (Poland), was climbing out of Riga’s runway 36 when the crew stopped the climb at FL190 and decided to return to Riga reporting they had the right-hand brakes overheat indication. On final approach, in contact with the tower, the crew advised they would use just the reversers for slowing down and were able to vacate the runway, emergency services subsequently should check the right-hand brakes. The aircraft landed on runway 36 without further incident and vacated the runway.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 10 hours, then positioned to Tallinn (Estonia) and resumed service.
