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Brazil: hydraulic failure for TAM A-330

Sao Paulo, Brazil - It needed to land back at the departure airport

The pilot of a TAM Airlines' Airbus A-330/200 has been forced yesterday to invert the route and land back a Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, from where it had taken off shortly before for flight JJ8018 to Buenos Aires (Argentina) with 169 passengers on board. The emergency was due to an hydraulic failure. Once the manoeuvre was completed the aircraft landed safely at the Brazilian airport. Being stuck on the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112095
Rome, Italy, 12/02/2009 12:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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