Germania B737 enroute on Mar 14th 2017, hydraulic failure

Last Update: March 14, 2017 / 22:52:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-8536

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ABLA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Germania Boeing 737-700, registration D-ABLA performing flight ST-8536 from Dresden (Germany) to Hurghada (Egypt), was enroute at FL370 about 15nm north of Kavala (Greece) when the crew decided to return to Dresden due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft climbed to FL380 for the way back, performed an alternate gear extension at Dresden and landed safely back on Dresden's runway 22 at a normal speed about 4 hours after departure.

A replacement A319-100 registration D-ASTT departed Dresden with a delay of 12.5 hours and is currently enroute to Hurghada.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 10 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Germania

Flight number
ST-8536

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ABLA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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