British Airways B772 near Bahrain on Jun 5th 2012, hydraulic failure

Last Update: June 6, 2012 / 17:30:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2012

Flight number
BA-125

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIJ performing flight BA-125 from Bahrain (Bahrain) to Doha (Qatar), was climbing out of Bahrain when the crew reported a hydraulic failure, stopped the climb at FL130, entered a holding and returned to Bahrain for a safe landing on runway 12L about 70 minutes after departure. Emergency services in attendance reported white smoke from the landing gear and recommended passengers to disembark onto the runway via stairs. The aircraft was shut down, the passengers deplaned via mobile stairs onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.

The aircraft was towed off the runway about 40 minutes after landing, the aerodrome was closed for about 40 minutes as a result.

The remaining rotation BA-125/BA-124 Bahrain-Doha-Bahrain was cancelled. The aircraft was able to depart for the return flight BA-124 to London Heathrow,EN (UK) the following day and is estimated to reach London with a delay of 13.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2012

Flight number
BA-125

Destination
Doha, Qatar

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIJ

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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