Asiana A359 over Pacific on Jul 8th 2018, abnormal tyre pressure indication

Last Update: July 9, 2018 / 22:05:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OZ-204

Departure
Seoul

Aircraft Registration
HL8078

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

An Asiana Airbus A350-900, registration HL8078 performing flight OZ-204 from Seoul (Souh Korea) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 307 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 90 minutes into the Pacific crossing about 600nm east of Tokyo (Japan) when the crew decided to turn around and return to Seoul due to an abnormal tyre pressure indication. The aircraft descended to FL340 for the return and landed safely back in Seoul about 3.5 hours later.

The airline reported the crew received an abnormal tyre pressure indication. A replacement aircraft took the passengers to Los Angeles the following morning.

A replacement A350-900 registration HL7579 reached Los Angeles with a delay of about 12 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 8, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OZ-204

Departure
Seoul

Aircraft Registration
HL8078

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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