Red Wings A320 near St. Petersburg on Jul 21st 2021, two generators failed

Last Update: June 22, 2021 / 11:08:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 21, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Red Wings

Flight number
WZ-647

Aircraft Registration
VP-BWX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Red Wings Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BWX performing flight WZ-647 from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar (Russia), had just levelled off at FL330 out of St. Petersburg when the crew decided to return to St. Petersburg reporting the #1 engine (V2527) driven generator and the APU generator had failed, the #2 generator was working normally. The aircraft landed safely back on St. Petersburg's runway 10R about 30 minutes later.

A replacement A321-200 registration VP-BRB reached Krasnodar with a delay of 7.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 14.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 21, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Red Wings

Flight number
WZ-647

Aircraft Registration
VP-BWX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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