Iberia A343 near Madrid on May 18th 2012, hydraulic failure

Last Update: May 18, 2012 / 16:30:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2012

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6025

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-IIH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

An Iberia Airbus A340-300, registration EC-IIH performing flight IB-6025 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Rio de Janeiro,RJ (Brazil) with 202 passengers, was climbing out of Madrid's runway 15R when the crew stopped the climb at FL290 reporting a hydraulic failure. The aircraft returned to Madrid for a safe landing on runway 18R about 2 hours after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2012

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-6025

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-IIH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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