Transavia B737 near Prague on Nov 3rd 2017, both autopilots failed

Last Update: November 3, 2017 / 19:43:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 3, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-6531

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
PH-XRD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Transavia Boeing 737-700, registration PH-XRD performing flight HV-6531 from Eindhoven (Netherlands) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at FL370 about 40nm north of Prague (Czech Republic) when the crew decided to return after both autopilots had failed and the aircraft thus had lost its capability to operate in reduced vertical separation minima. The aircraft descended to FL360 for the return and diverted to Amsterdam (Netherlands) for a safe landing on runway 27 about one hour later.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration PH-HSM departed about 2 hours after landing and reached Tel Aviv with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 3, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
HV-6531

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
PH-XRD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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