France B772 near Perpignan on Dec 30th 2020, hydraulic leak

Last Update: December 30, 2020 / 21:07:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-926

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Libreville, Gabon

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPK performing flight AF-926 (dep Dec 29th) from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Libreville (Gabon) with 194 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm north of Perpignan (France) when the crew decided to return to Paris Charles de Gaulle reporting they had a hydraulic leak. On approach to Paris the crew advised they might not be able to vacate the runway, the center hydraulic system suffered a leak affecting the braking, at that time there was still pressure in the system though. The aircraft landed safely on Paris Charles de Gaulle's runway 26R about 2 hours after departure. The crew advised they were able to taxi off the runway but stopped on the taxiway to be towed to the apron to limit possible damage.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration F-GZNK departed Paris about 11 hours after F-GSPK had landed and reached Libreville with a delay of 12.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-926

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Libreville, Gabon

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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