Air India A319 near Delhi on Dec 1st 2015, hydraulic problem

Last Update: December 1, 2015 / 20:59:01 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-645

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Jodhpur, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-SCK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air India Airbus A319-100, registration VT-SCK performing flight AI-645 from Mumbai to Jodhpur (India) with 88 passengers and 6 crew, was descending towards Jodhpur (runway 05/23 length 9000 feet/2745 meters) when the crew aborted the descent reporting a hydraulic problem and decided to divert to Delhi, about 250nm northeast of Jodhpur. The aircraft landed safely on Delhi's runway 29 (length 14530 feet/4430 meters) about one hour after aborting the descent to Jodhpur.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration VT-SCX departed Delhi about 3.5 hours after landing and reached Jodhpur with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-645

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Jodhpur, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-SCK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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