Batik Air Airbus A330 declares emergency landing in Madinah

Information has just been released that earlier this month, a Batik Air Airbus A330-300 travelling from Moroni (HAH/FMCH) to Medina (MED/OEMA) declared an emergency after suffering from a hydraulic leak. The Airbus aircraft is a six-year-old aircraft belonging to Indonesian carrier Batik Air and currently on wet lease to Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas. 

On the day of the incident, the 12th of June, the aircraft was operating as Flynas flight JT5146.

The A330 took off from Moroni's runway 35 at approximately 17:29 and flew the five-hour 3-minute journey to Medina when something happened during its approach. While descending toward Medina, the flight crew suddenly declared an emergency upon reporting that one of their three independent hydraulic systems, primarily the green hydraulic quantity, was reading zero. During the declaration of emergency, the flight crew stated they would not have normal brakes to work with during landing since it is one of the crucial systems powered by green hydraulics.

The flight crew continued their descent and safely landed on runway 18 at approximately 22:40. 

After the anxious arrival at Medina the widebody aircraft became disabled on the runway. While the cause of the green hydraulic leak has not yet been identified - albeit suspected to be from the nose gear, it seems the widebody is still undergoing maintenance and repairs, as flight schedules are still canceled. Hopefully, the Airbus widebody will get back in the skies soon.

Aircraft Information:

Owner: Batik Air

Operating as: Flynas

Code: XY/KNE

Aircraft: Airbus A330-343

Registration: PK-LEM

Serial number: 1832

Engines 2 x RR Trent 772B-60
First flew:14/10/2017
Age 5.7 years