Belgium A332 near New York on Aug 28th 2021, hydraulic failure

Last Update: August 29, 2021 / 13:06:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Air Belgium

Flight number
KF-132

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Liege, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-AIR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Air Belgium Airbus A330-200 freighter, registration OO-AIR performing flight KF-132 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Liege (Belgium), was enroute at FL350 about 110nm southwest of New York's JFK Airport,NY (USA) when the crew requested to divert to JFK advising ATC they had lost one of their hydraulic systems with two still remaining. The crew requested to hold to burn off fuel and subsequently landed on JFK's runway 04R about 2:10 hours after requesting to divert and leaving FL350.

The aircraft is still on the ground at JFK about 12.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 28, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Air Belgium

Flight number
KF-132

Departure
Atlanta, United States

Destination
Liege, Belgium

Aircraft Registration
OO-AIR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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