Wizz A321 at Eindhoven on Aug 22nd 2018, slat problem

Last Update: August 22, 2018 / 20:30:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3071

Aircraft Registration
HA-LXI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Wizz Air Airbus A321-200, registration HA-LXI performing flight W6-3071 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) with 228 people on board, was on approach to Eindhoven when the crew reported they had a flight controls problem and needed to level off and enter a hold. The crew subsequently reported they had a slats problem, sort of a flaps problem, they would land at a higher than normal speed, requested emergency services on stand by and declared PAN. The aircraft landed safely on Eindhoven's runway 21 at a higher than normal speed (168 knots over ground) about 30 minutes after aborting the first approach.

The airport reported the aircraft suffered a flaps problem.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Eindhoven about 13.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 22, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3071

Aircraft Registration
HA-LXI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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