Austrian B772 enroute on Sep 15th 2023, hydraulic failure

Last Update: September 18, 2023 / 13:23:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-65

Aircraft Registration
OE-LPD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration OE-LPD performing flight OS-65 from Vienna (Austria) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL340 over the North Sea about 110nm southwest of Bergen (Norway) when the crew decided to return to Vienna due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft climbed to FL350 for the way back and landed safely on Vienna's runway 16 about 110 minutes after turning around.

An observer on the ground reported the aircraft was received by a lot of emergency vehicles while taxiing to an outer position of the apron, passengers subsequently were bussed to the terminal.

The rotation was cancelled.

The airline confirmed that about 2 hours into the flight a defect in one of the three hydraulic systems occurred, as a precaution and due to better maintenance availability the aircraft returned to Vienna. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 45 hours after landing back in Vienna.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-65

Aircraft Registration
OE-LPD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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