Canada A333 near Amsterdam on Mar 18th 2017, hydraulic failure
Last Update: March 21, 2017 / 20:24:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-824
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart for the return flight with a delay of 2:15 hours about 5 hours after landing.
On Mar 21st 2017 the Canadian TSB reported that the crew detected a leak in the green hydraulic system during the flight, worked the related checklists and continued to destination. When the landing gear was extended for the approach to runway 18R the crew received a low green hydraulic quantity message, declared Mayday and continued for a safe landing. The aircraft was towed to the apron. An O-ring was replaced on the green hydraulic system service manifold, the system was serviced and tested.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-824
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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