PC5302 - Incident: Pegasus A20N at Rotterdam on Jun 29th 2023

A Pegasus Airbus A320-200N, registration TC-NBJ performing flight PC-5302 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Antalya (Turkey), was climbing out of Rotterdam's runway 24 when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 reporting a hydraulic failure. The aircraft descended to FL100 while the crew worked the checklists and prepared the landing also deciding to divert to Amsterdam (Netherlands). The crew advised they would not be able to vacate the runway. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 36R about 50 minutes after departure from Rotterdam and stopped on the runway. The passengers disembarked via stairs onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal, the aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Amsterdam for about 25 hours before returning to service.