THY A320 at Zurich on Jan 25th 2017, hydraulic failure

Last Update: January 26, 2017 / 21:01:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1911

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Zurich, Switzerland

Aircraft Registration
TC-JPC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration TC-JPC performing flight TK-1911 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Zurich (Switzerland), was descending through FL200 towards Zurich when the crew advised they had a hydraulic failure and weren't able to vacate the runway after landing. The crew also requested a long approach advising the flaps would move slowly. Emergency services deployed to their stand by positions at runway 14. The aircraft landed safely on runway 14 about 25 minutes later, stopped on the runway and was shut down. The aircraft was towed to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Zurich 24 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 25, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1911

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Zurich, Switzerland

Aircraft Registration
TC-JPC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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