Nepal A332 at Kathmandu on Mar 28th 2024, hydraulic Leak

Last Update: March 31, 2024 / 14:04:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RA-239

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
9N-ALY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Nepal Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration 9N-ALY performing flight RA-239 from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Doha (Qatar), was climbing out of Kathmandu's runway 20 following the (long) standard instrument departure route when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 due to low pressure at their yellow hydraulic system. The aircraft returned to Kathmandu for a safe landing on runway 02 about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement A330-200 registration 9N-ALZ reached Doha with a delay of about 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Kathmandu for about 13 hours before returning to service.

According to information The Aviation Herald received there had been a major hydraulic leak.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
RA-239

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
9N-ALY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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