China Eastern A320 at Yantai on Jul 19th 2016, hydraulic failure

Last Update: July 20, 2016 / 14:43:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-277

Departure
Yantai, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6586

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A China Eastern Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration B-6586 performing flight MU-277 from Yantai (China) to Osaka Kansai (Japan), was climbing out of Yantei when the crew reported a hydraulic failure and decided to divert to Qingdao (China). On approach to Qingdao the crew performed an alternate gear extension and landed safely on Qingdao's runway 17 about one hour after departure from Yantei.

A replacement A320-200 registration B-6636 reached Osaka with a delay of 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft resumed service about 20 hours after landing in Qingdao.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 19, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
MU-277

Departure
Yantai, China

Aircraft Registration
B-6586

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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