United A320 near Kansas City on May 26th 2015, diverted due to weather radar, returned due to hydraulic problem
Last Update: May 27, 2015 / 20:25:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 26, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-594
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
Denver, United States
Aircraft Registration
N457UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Following maintenance the occurrence aircraft departed again after about 5 hours on the ground, but needed to stop the climb at 5000 feet reporting a hydraulic system failure and returned to Kansas City another time for a safe landing on runway 19R about 25 minutes after departure.
The remainder of the flight was subsequently cancelled.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 26, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-594
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
Denver, United States
Aircraft Registration
N457UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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