Fiji A332 at Sydney on Mar 18th 2014, hard landing
Last Update: March 25, 2014 / 14:31:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2014
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Fiji Airways
Flight number
FJ-911
Departure
Nadi, Fiji
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
DQ-FJV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The aircraft departed Sydney one hour behind schedule for its return flight FJ-910 and reached Nadi without further incident.
Examination in Nadi however found substantial overstress damage to the landing gear, an assessment which landing gear struts need to be replaced is still ongoing, it is not being ruled out as of Mar 25th 2014 that all gear struts need to be replaced. The aircraft is still on the ground in Nadi.
Metars:
YSSY 180300Z 15007KT CAVOK 29/10 Q1019 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180230Z 31005KT 280V010 CAVOK 29/09 Q1019 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180200Z 31005KT CAVOK 28/07 Q1020 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180130Z 33007KT CAVOK 28/08 Q1020 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180100Z 32009KT CAVOK 28/08 Q1020 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180030Z 33008KT CAVOK 28/09 Q1020 RMK 1CU070 6CI350 FM0300 04013KT CAVOK
YSSY 180000Z 32007KT CAVOK 26/10 Q1021 NOSIG
YSSY 172330Z 29007KT CAVOK 25/11 Q1021 NOSIG
YSSY 172300Z 31007KT CAVOK 24/11 Q1021 NOSIG
YSSY 172230Z 30009KT CAVOK 22/11 Q1021 NOSIG
YSSY 172200Z 31007KT CAVOK 22/11 Q1020 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2014
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Fiji Airways
Flight number
FJ-911
Departure
Nadi, Fiji
Destination
Sydney, Australia
Aircraft Registration
DQ-FJV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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