Ural A320 near Moscow on Sep 5th 2013, hydraulic failure

Last Update: September 6, 2013 / 16:27:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U6-343

Destination
Ulan-Ude, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BTZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BTZ performing flight U6-343 from Moscow Domodedovo to Ulan-Ude (Russia) with 88 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Moscow about 15 minutes into the flight when the crew noticed the fluid quantity indication for the blue hydraulic system began to drop. The flight was continued, the crew however needed to decid to divert to Novosibirsk (Russia) about 900nm short of the destination due to the failure of the hydraulic system. The aircraft landed safely on Tolmachevo Airport's runway 07 about 4 hours after departure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U6-343

Destination
Ulan-Ude, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VP-BTZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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