Easyjet Europe A320 at Bordeaux on Dec 31th 2022, cleared to land on occupied runway

Last Update: January 13, 2023 / 11:25:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 31, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U2-8013

Destination
Bordeaux, France

Aircraft Registration
OE-INE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Easyjet Europe Airbus A320-200, registration OE-INE performing flight U2-8013 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Bordeaux (France), was cleared to land on Bordeaux's runway 23. Immediately after receiving and reading back the landing clearance the pilot of another private aircraft waiting in position for takeoff radioed the tower, tower in turn instructed the A320 to go around. The aircraft went around from low height (about 400 feet AGL), positioned for another approach to runway 23 and landed safely about 15 minutes after the go around.

The French BEA reported following the takeoff of an Airbus A321 tower cleared the private aircraft to line up runway 23 and wait. While the aircraft was waiting in position, tower cleared the Easyjet A320 to land on runway 23. The private pilot radioed tower, who instructed the A320 to go around. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 31, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
U2-8013

Destination
Bordeaux, France

Aircraft Registration
OE-INE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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