Croatia DH8D near Munich on Jan 10th 2016, hydraulic failure

Last Update: January 10, 2016 / 23:56:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-4456

Aircraft Registration
9A-CQD

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Croatia Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration 9A-CQD performing flight OU-4456 from Zagreb (Croatia) to Brussels (Belgium), was enroute at FL240 about 40nm north of Munich (Germany) when the crew reported problems with the left hand hydraulics system and decided to divert to Munich. The crew performed a low aproach to have the gear checked from the ground, burned off fuel and landed safely about 65 minutes after leaving FL240. The aircraft vacated the runway, stopped and shut down on the adjacent taxiway and was towed to the apron.

The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 10, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OU-4456

Aircraft Registration
9A-CQD

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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