Created Friday, Jul 2nd 2021 10:42Z, last updated Friday, Jul 2nd 2021 10:42Z
An Azur Air Boeing 757-200, registration VQ-BQA performing flight
ZF-474 from Antalya (Turkey) to Astrakhan (Russia), was enroute at FL360 about 250nm northnortheast of Antalya when the crew received indication of decreasing left hydraulic quantity and reducing left hydraulic pressure. The crew decided to return to Antalya, descended to FL330 initially and landed safely back in Antalya about 90 minutes after departure.
A replacement Boeing 757-200 registration VP-BYC reached Astrakhan with a delay of 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Antalya for about 12 hours, then returned to service.
