SAA A343 enroute on Feb 28th 2015, hydraulic problem
Last Update: March 1, 2015 / 17:50:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 28, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAA South African Airways
Flight number
SA-203
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Dakar, Senegal
Aircraft Registration
ZS-SXC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration ZS-SXE departed Johannesburg for Dakar and further New York JFK,NY (USA) as flight SA-9203 the following morning and is estimated to reach Dakar with a delay of 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service after about 18 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 28, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAA South African Airways
Flight number
SA-203
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Dakar, Senegal
Aircraft Registration
ZS-SXC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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