A few incidents lately - Curt Lewis

Incident: THY A332 near Amsterdam on May 11th 2017, hydraulic failure A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration TC-JOZ performing freight flight TK-6309 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Billund (Denmark), was enroute at FL400 over Germany when the crew decided to divert to Amsterdam (Netherlands) reporting a hydraulic failure. The crew advised they had lost several systems as result of the hydraulic failure suspecting they would need to use the emergency braking system for stopping the aircraft, had no nosewheel steering and would not be able to vacate the runway after landing. They needed the longest available runway and requested runway 18C at Schiphol Airport, the runway length was sufficient for them to stop the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on runway 18C, tower reported seeing a puff of smoke during roll out, the crew reported it was a normal braking, they were fairly sure all tyres were intact all still showing pressure, however, it could be possible that hydraulic fluid may have leaked, their green hydraulic reservoir was showing empty. The aircraft was towed to the apron. A runway inspection showed no leaked fluids on the runway, emergency services reported evidence of a hydraulic leak on the #1 engine.

Incident: Hawaiian A332 at Honolulu on May 10th 2017, problems with gear retraction A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration N370HA performing flight HA-50 from Honolulu,HI to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 291 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Honolulu's runway 08R when the crew requested to stop the climb at 3000 feet advising they had problems with the gear retraction. The aircraft burned off fuel and returned to Honolulu for a safe landing about 65 minutes after departure. A replacement A330-200 registration N388HA reached New York with a delay of 4:10 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 18 hours after landing back.

Incident: Berlin A332 at Dusseldorf on May 10th 2017, odour on board An Air Berlin Airbus A330-200, registration D-ABXD performing flight AB-7392 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 184 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Dusseldorf's runway 23L when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet due to an unusual odour on board. The crew decided to divert to Cologne/Bonn (Germany) where the aircraft landed safely on runway 14L about 20 minutes after departure. The airline reported the passengers were taken to hotels and are expected to depart the following day. The cause of the odour is under investigation.