Created Tuesday, Nov 21st 2023 17:27Z, last updated Tuesday, Nov 21st 2023 17:27Z
An American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N794AN performing positioning flight AA-9600 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL370 about 40nm east of Santiago de Compostela,SP (Spain) when the crew decided to divert to London Heathrow,EN (UK) due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft descended to FL360 northbound and landed safely on Heathrow's runway 09L about 110 minutes later. The aircraft stopped on the runway and was towed off the runway about 15 minutes after landing. The runway returned to service about 30 minutes after landing.
