Laudamotion A320 at Vienna on Feb 24th 2020, could not retract nose gear

Last Update: February 24, 2020 / 16:25:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OE-118

Aircraft Registration
OE-LOX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Laudamotion Airbus A320-200, registration OE-LOX performing flight OE-118 from Vienna (Austria) to Muenster (Germany) with 162 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Vienna's runway 29 when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet due to the nose gear not retracting. The crew worked the related checklists attempting to convince the nose gear to retract, however, to no avail. The crew decided to return to Vienna where the aircraft landed safely on runway 34 about 40 minutes after departure. Emergency services followed the aircraft taxiing to the apron.

The airline confirmed their "problem child" needed to return to Vienna due to the nose gear not retracting. An examination of the aircraft is underway, a sensor issue is being suspected.

To explain the expression "problem child": The occurrence aircraft had joined Laudamotion's fleet on Nov 25th 2019 and had suffered a few unrelated occurrences already, for example see Accident: Laudamotion A320 at Vienna, enroute and Dublin on Nov 25th 2019, communication problems and fumes and Incident: Laudamotion A320 at Malaga on Jan 2nd 2020, engine shut down in flight.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OE-118

Aircraft Registration
OE-LOX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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