Cathay Pacific A333 at Male on Aug 6th 2014, hydraulic leak

A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300, registration B-LAE performing flight CX-601 from Hong Kong (China) to Male (Maldives), landed on Male's runway 36 but suffered a hydraulic leak disabling the aircraft on the runway and spilling hydraulic fluid onto the runway.

The airport was closed for about one hour until the aircraft was towed off the runway and the runway had been cleaned. Three flights scheduled to arrive during that time needed to divert.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Male about 32 hours after landing.