Lingus A21N at Washington on Oct 15th 2022, too hot an oven

Last Update: October 19, 2022 / 13:49:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-116

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-LRG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200N, registration EI-LRG performing flight EI-116 from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Dublin (Ireland) with 174 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Dulles' runway 30 when the crew declared Mayday reporting a rear galley oven was on fire, stopped the climb at about 4000 feet and requested to return to Dulles. While maneouvering for a return to runway 19L the crew advised the oven fire had been extinguished and downgraded their call to PAN PAN. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 19L about 17 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was able to depart again about 2.5 hours after landing back and reached Dublin with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
EI-LRG
Country of Registration
Ireland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A321-253NX
ICAO Aircraft Type
A21N
Year of Manufacture
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Serial Number
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine Count
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Engine
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-116

Departure
Washington Dulles, United States

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-LRG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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