Delta B772 at Sydney on Oct 1st 2016, hydraulic problems

Last Update: October 3, 2016 / 23:15:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 1, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-41

Aircraft Registration
N707DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A Delta Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N707DN performing flight DL-41 (dep Sep 29th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was descending towards Sydney when the crew reported hydraulic problems and advised they probably would not be able to vacate the runway and might need a tow. Emergency services took their stand by positions and a tug was prepared for towing the aircraft off the runway. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 34L and was able to vacate the runway and taxi to the apron on own power with emergency services in trail.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 7.5 hours, then departed for the return flight DL-40 with a delay of 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 1, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-41

Aircraft Registration
N707DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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