Serious incident Airbus A330-343 A6-AFE,
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Date:Sunday 9 October 2016
Time:14:32
Type:Silhouette image of generic A333 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A330-343
Owner/operator:Etihad Airways
Registration: A6-AFE
MSN: 1226
Year of manufacture:2011
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 136
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Serious incident
Location:near Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH/OMAA)
Destination airport:Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG)
Investigating agency: SUST
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Etihad Airways flight EY51 suffered a loss of the green hydraulic system due to a heavy leak of the engine number 2 pressure line.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, entered a holding pattern between 13:50 and 14:12 before commending further descent towards Geneva, Switzerland. Emergency landing gear extension was required and aircraft landed succesfully on runway 06 at 14:32. The aircraft was towed from the runway due to loss of nose wheel steering system retated to the emergency landing gear extension.

The aircraft left Geneva for Abu Dhabi as flight EY52 on October 11. On October 16 the aircraft went back into service.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: SUST
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte/A6-AFE.pdf
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-afe#b40c280

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 February 2015 A6-AFE Etihad Airways 0 Casablanca-Mohamed V Airport (CMN/GMMN) min
Bird strike

Revision history:

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20-Oct-2016 12:48 harro Added

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