Alaska A21N near Austin on Aug 16th 2023, hydraulic failure

Last Update: August 17, 2023 / 12:09:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 16, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AS-440

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N924VA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

An Alaska Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N924VA performing flight AS-440 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Cancun (Mexico), was enroute at FL350 about 240nm southwest of Austin,TX (USA) already in Mexican Airspace, when the crew decided to divert to Austin reporting a hydraulic failure, they needed to be towed off the runway. The aircraft landed safely on Austin's runway 36L about 45 minutes after leaving FL350, vacated the runway and stopped clear of the runway. The aircraft was towed to the apron.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration N477AS reached Cancun with a delay of about 7.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Austin about 17 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 16, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AS-440

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N924VA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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