Vueling A320 near Barcelona on Sep 29th 2012, hydraulic problems

Last Update: September 30, 2012 / 13:31:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-8920

Aircraft Registration
EC-KRH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-KRH performing flight VY-8920 from Valencia,SP (Spain) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL360 about 80nm northnorthwest of Barcelona when the crew decided to divert to Barcelona due to hydraulic problems. The aircraft landed safely on Barcelona's runway 25R about 30 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration EC-LQJ reached Brussels with a delay of 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-8920

Aircraft Registration
EC-KRH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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