Canada A333 at Geneva on Feb 10th 2019, black smoke from engine due to hydraulic fault
Last Update: February 21, 2019 / 19:02:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 10, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-835
Departure
Geneva, Switzerland
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GHKR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the groung for about 25 hours, then positioned to Montreal as flight AC-2035.
On Feb 21st 2019 the Canadian TSB reported tower notified the crew of black smoke coming from the left hand engine, at the same time the crew received an ECAM message indicating the blue hydraulic pump had failed. The crew declared PAN PAN and returned to Geneva for an overweight landing. Maintenance replaced the Blue Ground Service Manifold, the high pressure as well as low pressure filters according to the Aircraft Maintenance Manual. The blue hydraulic reservoir was refilled, several checks conducted as well as an overweight landing inspection completed before the aircraft returned to service.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 10, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-835
Departure
Geneva, Switzerland
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GHKR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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