Astana B752 at Frankfurt on Feb 23rd 2017, hydraulic failure
Last Update: February 23, 2017 / 23:07:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 23, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-921
Departure
Astana, Kazakhstan
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
P4-KCU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
Airport ICAO Code
EDDF
The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight KC-922 and is still on the ground in Frankfurt.
Metars:
EDDF 231850Z 23023G33KT 9999 FEW030 BKN088 10/02 Q0997 NOSIG
EDDF 231820Z 24026G37KT 9999 FEW030 BKN085 10/02 Q0997 NOSIG
EDDF 231750Z 23024G37KT 9999 FEW025TCU BKN080 11/04 Q0996 NOSIG
EDDF 231720Z 22024G36KT 9999 VCSH FEW025TCU SCT035 BKN045 11/05 Q0996 TEMPO 23025G45KT SHRA BKN025TCU
EDDF 231650Z 22023G33KT 9999 SCT030 BKN040 BKN150 11/05 Q0996 TEMPO 23025G45KT SHRA BKN025TCU
EDDF 231620Z 22023G33KT 9999 BKN030 11/05 Q0996 NOSIG
EDDF 231550Z 23022G34KT 9999 BKN030 11/04 Q0997 NOSIG
EDDF 231520Z 22020KT 9999 -RA BKN030 10/04 Q0997 TEMPO 23020G30KT
EDDF 231450Z 22016G26KT 9999 SCT033 BKN040 BKN110 11/04 Q0997 NOSIG
EDDF 231420Z 22022G32KT 9999 BKN033 11/04 Q0998 NOSIG
EDDF 231350Z 22024G34KT 9999 FEW029 BKN034 BKN200 11/04 Q0998 NOSIG
EDDF 231320Z 23021KT 9999 SCT033 SCT140 BKN200 11/04 Q0999 TEMPO 23020G30KT
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 23, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Astana
Flight number
KC-921
Departure
Astana, Kazakhstan
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
P4-KCU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
Airport ICAO Code
EDDF
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