Azul A332 over Atlantic on Dec 1st 2016, hydraulic failure

Last Update: December 2, 2016 / 21:58:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AD-8751

Aircraft Registration
PR-AIV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

An Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200, registration PR-AIV performing flight AD-8751 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL350 over the Atlantic Ocean about 70nm east of Funchal (Portugal) when the crew decided to return to Lisbon due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft landed safely back on Lisbon's runway 03 about 75 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Lisbon for 23 hours, then departed again and is estimated to reach Sao Paulo with a delay of 26 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 1, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AD-8751

Aircraft Registration
PR-AIV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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