B767-300 and 300 ER
Troubleshooting; Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Company Policy
After executing a missed approach due to weather below landing minimums (was reported above minimums before starting approach) we lost center hydraulic system quantity indicated by EICAS messages and warning lights. Center hydraulic quantity went to 06 percent. Completed QRH procedure; declared emergency with ATC; and diverted to a nearby airport. Landed on a long runway and stopped on the runway. Unable to taxi off the runway due to inoperative nose wheel steering. [I] waited on runway for approximately 45 minutes until towed to a gate by company ground personnel. My only issue is the amount of time we closed a runway at a very busy airport. Getting a tow vehicle over to us should have been a higher priority to company ground personnel.
A B767-300 center hydraulic system failed after a low visibility missed approach so an emergency was declared and the flight diverted to a nearby airport where they waited on the runway for a tow vehicle because the nose wheel steering was inoperative.