Created Thursday, Oct 12th 2023 19:36Z, last updated Thursday, Oct 12th 2023 19:36Z
An Air Canada Boeing 777-300, registration C-FIVR performing flight
AC-80 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at FL330 about 350nm west of St. John's,NL (Canada) when the crew decided to return to Toronto due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft descended to FL320 for the return and landed safely on Toronto's runway 23 about 2:!5 hours later.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration C-FNND reached Tel Aviv with a delay of about 8 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 50 hours before returning to service.
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found the left rudder PCU leaking. The PCU was replaced.
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