AN A320 FLT CREW EXPERIENCED ECAM MESSAGE 'BLUE HYD LOW SYS PRESS.' THEY COORDINATED WITH MAINTENANCE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR DEPT ARPT.
Synopsis
AN A320 FLT CREW EXPERIENCED ECAM MESSAGE 'BLUE HYD LOW SYS PRESS.' THEY COORDINATED WITH MAINTENANCE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THEIR DEPT ARPT.
Narrative
ABOUT 40 MI W OF ZZZ AT FL350; ECAM BLUE HYD LOW SYS PRESSURE; FOLLOWED ECAM AND QRH PROCS; LOCATED BLUE HYD ELEVATOR PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER AND FOUND IT POPPED. ACARS MESSAGE SENT TO MAINT ABOUT MECHANICAL PROB; RECEIVED REPLY FROM MAINT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE MECHANICAL PROB CHKED OUT IN ZZZ1; AND TO ENTER INTO THE MAINT LOG. RECEIVED ACARS MESSAGE FROM DISPATCH ABOUT 15-20 MINS LATER; DISPATCHER'S MESSAGE WAS THAT AFTER REVIEWING THE PROB MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO RETURN TO ZZZ2; BECAUSE ACFT WOULD BE GNDED IN ZZZ1; AND WHAT DID I THINK. AFTER CONFERRING WITH FO; WE DECIDED TO RETURN TO ZZZ2; SENT ACARS TO DISPATCHER ABOUT THE RETURN; AND HE REPLIED THAT HE AGREED. NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANT'S ABOUT THE HYD PROB AND ADVISED THEM IT WOULD BE A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG AND WE WOULD BE LNDG IN ABOUT 1 HR. MADE PA ANNOUNCEMENT TO PAX ABOUT THE MECHANICAL PROB AND EXPLAINED WHAT WAS WRONG; AND WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO ZZZ2 AND WE WOULD BE MAKING A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG AT ZZZ2. REVIEWED LNDG PROCS AND LNDG DISTANCES IN QRH; APCH AND LNDG WERE NORMAL.
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