Cathay Pacific A333 at Male on Aug 6th 2014, hydraulic leak
Last Update: August 9, 2014 / 19:55:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-601
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Male, Maldives
Aircraft Registration
B-LAE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The airport was closed for about one hour until the aircraft was towed off the runway and the runway had been cleaned. Three flights scheduled to arrive during that time needed to divert.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Male about 32 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 6, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-601
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Male, Maldives
Aircraft Registration
B-LAE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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