Wizz A320 at Iasi on Sep 9th 2019, flaps problem

Last Update: September 9, 2019 / 22:31:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3652

Destination
Iasi, Romania

Aircraft Registration
HA-LWD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LWD performing flight W6-3652 from London Luton,EN (UK) to Iasi (Romania) with 169 passengers and 6 crew, was on approach to Iasi's runway 14 when the crew went around reporting a flaps problem. The crew decided to divert to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania), climbed the aircraft to FL230, entered a hold at FL110 to prepare for a flaps up landing and subsequently landed safely on Otopeni's runway 08L at a higher speed than normal (about 150 knots over ground).

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bucharest about 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 9, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-3652

Destination
Iasi, Romania

Aircraft Registration
HA-LWD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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