Wizz A21N at Budapest on Jul 20th 2022, evacuation after bomb threat

Last Update: July 28, 2022 / 15:34:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 20, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-5058

Departure
Bari, Italy

Destination
Krakow, Poland

Aircraft Registration
HA-LGA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

A WizzAir Airbus A321-200N, registration HA-LGA performing flight W6-5058 from Bari (Italy) to Krakow (Poland), was enroute at FL360 about 70nm southwest of Budapest (Hungary) when the crew decided to divert to Budapest following a bomb threat against the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on Budapest's runway 31R, vacated the runway the end and stopped on the parallel taxiway in a remote bay. The aircraft was evacuated causing two serious and 6 minor injuries.

Hungary's KBSZ reported the occurrence was rated an accident and is being investigated writing: "A Wizzair A321 NEO aircraft traveling from Bari to Krakow received a bomb threat and interrupted its journey and landed safely at LHBP Budapest at 12:38 UTC and pulled into the B5 holding bay. Ground service staff did not wait for the aircraft with the stairs ready, the staff opened all 8 emergency slides and executed an evacuation. Some passengers were injured during the evacuation." and stating there were 2 serious and 6 minor injuries.

A replacement A321-200N registration HA-LZR reached Krakow with a delay of about 10 hours.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 66 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 20, 2022

Classification
Accident

Airline
Wizz Air

Flight number
W6-5058

Departure
Bari, Italy

Destination
Krakow, Poland

Aircraft Registration
HA-LGA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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