El Al B738 at Tel Aviv on May 26th 2022, hydraulic failure

Last Update: May 26, 2022 / 20:24:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 26, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-224

Departure
Nice, France

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKT performing flight LY-224 from Nice (France) to Tel Aviv (Israel) with 170 people on board, was descending towards Tel Aviv when the crew received indications of a hydraulic failure affecting the landing gear. The aircraft entered a hold at FL080 for about 15 minutes, then continued for a safe landing on runway 26 about 30 minutes after levelling off at FL080. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the parallel taxiway.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Tel Aviv about 7 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 26, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-224

Departure
Nice, France

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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