Lauda Europe A320 near Vienna on Feb 27th 2022, dropped panel in flight
Last Update: February 28, 2022 / 21:22:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 27, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lauda Europe
Flight number
FR-500
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Aircraft Registration
9H-LOZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Following the flight parts of a panel covering the upper side of the left wing root was missing.
Passengers reported about 10 minutes into the (delayed) flight there was a loud bang from outside the aircraft, the aircraft continued normally to Palma Mallorca. Before the departure they had boarded another aircraft, technicians were working for two hours on that aircraft before they left the aircraft again and boarded the occurrence aircraft.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Palma Mallorca about 31 hours after landing in Palma Mallorca.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 27, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lauda Europe
Flight number
FR-500
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Aircraft Registration
9H-LOZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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