British Airways A320 at Berlin on Jul 30th 2017, hydraulic failure
Last Update: August 2, 2017 / 23:01:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-987
Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the captain announced a hydraulic failure, they would return to Berlin about 10 minutes after departure. The flight was cancelled, the passenger was rebooked onto another flight the following day. At that time the occurrence aircraft was still on the ground for maintenance.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Berlin for about 44 hours, then positioned to London and remained on the ground for another 14 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-987
Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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