Azur B752 near Antalya on Jul 1st 2021, hydraulic leak

Last Update: July 2, 2021 / 10:42:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 1, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-474

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BQA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An Azur Air Boeing 757-200, registration VQ-BQA performing flight ZF-474 from Antalya (Turkey) to Astrakhan (Russia), was enroute at FL360 about 250nm northnortheast of Antalya when the crew received indication of decreasing left hydraulic quantity and reducing left hydraulic pressure. The crew decided to return to Antalya, descended to FL330 initially and landed safely back in Antalya about 90 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration VP-BYC reached Astrakhan with a delay of 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Antalya for about 12 hours, then returned to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 1, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-474

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BQA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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