Transat A313 over Atlantic on Aug 22nd 2013, hydraulic leak
Last Update: August 26, 2013 / 21:59:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 22, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Transat
Flight number
TS-294
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Porto, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
C-GLAT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300
ICAO Type Designator
A313
NAV Canada reported the crew declared emergency about 350nm northwest of St. John's reporting a hydraulic problem, the aircraft was descended to FL310 and then cleared to turn around to divert to Toronto as requested. After turning around the crew advised, the emergency had been declared as a precaution to facilitate the return to Toronto, an emergency situation no longer existed and the emergency was cancelled. The aircraft was given a direct to Toronto with an estimated time of arrival 3.5 hours after leaving FL330.
The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft subsequently diverted to Montreal. Due to the hydraulic leak nose wheel steering was no longer available, the aircraft needed to be towed off the runway.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 22, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Transat
Flight number
TS-294
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Porto, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
C-GLAT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300
ICAO Type Designator
A313
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