Thai A346 at Bangkok on Dec 30th 2014, hydraulic failure

Last Update: December 30, 2014 / 21:36:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TG-916

Aircraft Registration
HS-TNB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

A Thai Airways Airbus A340-600, registration HS-TNB performing flight TG-916 from Bangkok (Thailand) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 266 passengers, was climbing out of Bangkok's runway 01R when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 due to a hydraulic problem, entered a hold to dump fuel and returned to Bangkok for a safe landing on runway 01R about 80 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A340-600 registration HS-TNE is estimated to reach London with a delay of 160 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TG-916

Aircraft Registration
HS-TNB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

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