Delta B772 at Sydney on Oct 7th 2012, hydraulic failure

Last Update: October 10, 2012 / 14:44:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-17

Aircraft Registration
N709DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Delta Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N709DN performing flight DL-17 (dep Oct 5th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Sydney,NS (Australia) with 284 people on board, was on approach to Sydney descending to 6000 feet when the crew declared emergency reporting the right hand hydraulic system had failed but did not request priority handling. The aircraft landed safely on Sydney's runway 16R about 20 minutes later. Emergency services reported no visible leakages, then the aircraft taxied to the gate.

The return flight DL-16 (dep Oct 7th) was cancelled.

The aircraft positioned to Los Angeles as flight DL-9859 departing Sydney on Oct 8th, positioned further to Atlanta as flight DL-9857 and resumed service departing Atlanta as flight DL-1455 on Oct 9th, however, had another problem on that flight, see Incident: Delta B772 near Dallas on Oct 9th 2012, engine malfunction.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 7, 2012

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-17

Aircraft Registration
N709DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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