Easyjet A320 at Berlin on Sep 25th 2018, could not retract landing gear
Last Update: September 26, 2018 / 22:18:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-5831
Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
OE-IZU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement A320-200 registration OE-IZC reached Tel Aviv with a delay of 6.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Berlin about 39 hours after landing back.
A passenger reported shortly after takeoff they perceived abnormal wind rush sounds, then realized they had stopped climbing. After a while the captain announced that they were unable to retract the landing gear and would return to Berlin. A replacement aircraft and crew was flown in from Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) and reached Tel Aviv with a delay of about 6.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 25, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-5831
Departure
Berlin Tegel, Germany
Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aircraft Registration
OE-IZU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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