Created Tuesday, Aug 12th 2025 17:09Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 12th 2025 17:09Z
A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N226HA performing flight
HA-59 from Sacramento,CA to Kahului,HI (USA), was enroute at FL300 over the Pacific Ocean about 420nm westsouthwest of Oakland,CA (USA) when the crew decided to turn around and divert to Oakland. The aircraft descended to FL220 and landed safely on Oakland's runway 30 about 2:15 hours after departure.
The airline reported the aircraft developed an issue with the backup air conditioning system, which is required for ETOPS operations more than 3 hours away from the nearest airport. While a replacement aircraft was dispatched to Oakland, the flight crew timed out, the flight was postponed to the next day as flight HA-1059.
A replacement Airbus A321-200N registration N227HA is estimated to reach Kahului with a delay of about 22.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Oakland about 22 hours after landing.
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