American B772 at Buenos Aires on Aug 26th 2018, hydraulic leak

Last Update: August 27, 2018 / 13:53:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-996

Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N799AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N799AN performing flight AA-996 from Buenos Aires,BA (Argentina) to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was in the initial climb out of Ezeiza's runway 29 when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 due to the loss of all fluid and pressure from the center hydraulic system. The aircraft entered a hold at FL060 for about one hour and returned to Buenos Aires for a safe landing on runway 35 about 80 minutes after departure.

Argentina's JIAAC is looking into the occurrence.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-996

Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Destination
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Aircraft Registration
N799AN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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