Qantas A388 near Honolulu on Apr 18th 2014, fuel pump failures

Last Update: April 18, 2014 / 21:34:43 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 18, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-94

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Qantas Airbus A380-800, registration VH-OQK performing flight QF-94 (scheduled dep Apr 17th, actual dep Apr 18th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was enroute at FL340 about 150nm north of Honolulu,HI (USA) when a second fuel pump failed prompting the crew to abort the Pacific crossing and return to Los Angeles for a safe landing about 9:20 hours after departure.

The flight is currently expected to reach Melbourne with a delay of 36 hours.

Passengers reported the crew announced two fuel pumps in one fuel tank had failed.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 18, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Qantas

Flight number
QF-94

Aircraft Registration
VH-OQK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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