THY A21N and BA Euroflyer A320 at London on May 23rd 2023, on short final with aircraft in position for departure resulting in fuel emergency
Last Update: May 23, 2023 / 22:27:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 23, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1997
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
TC-LSN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport
London Gatwick Airport, London
Airport ICAO Code
EGKK
A BA Euroflyer Airbus A320-200, registration G-GATS performing flight BA-2762 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was lining up with runway 08R while the A21N was on final approach, crossing the hold short line when the A21N was about 3nm before touchdown. The aircraft commenced their takeoff run about 30 seconds later, when the A21N had already initiated their go around.
According to a listener on local frequencies tower was calling the A320 to stop while still on the taxiway and then instructed the A21N to go around.
The crew of TK-1997 climbed their aircraft to initially 3000 feet then decided to divert to Birmingham,EN (UK), as they had been holding at Gatwick at FL140 and FL070 due to traffic congestion at the aerodrome (which suffered delays of up to 30 minutes at the time) and were nearing their diversion fuel. The aircraft climbed to FL160 on their way to Birmingham, on approach to Birmingham the crew declared fuel emergency and continued for a safe landing on Birmingham's runway 33 about 35 minutes after the go around.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Birmingham for about 80 minutes, then departed to Gatwick and landed in Gatwick with a delay of about 3 hours.
The A320 continued to Amsterdam landing there on time.
The A21N is still on the ground in Gatwick about 4 hours after landing there. The return flight TK-1998 was cancelled.
Metars:
EGKK 221820Z 03013KT 9999 SCT044 18/09 Q1021=
EGKK 221750Z 03012KT 9999 SCT043 19/09 Q1021=
EGKK 221720Z 01012G22KT 340V040 9999 FEW042 19/09 Q1021=
EGKK 221650Z 36012KT 330V030 CAVOK 19/10 Q1021=
EGKK 221620Z 03013KT 350V050 CAVOK 19/09 Q1021=
EGKK 221550Z 01013KT CAVOK 19/09 Q1020=
EGKK 221520Z 34011KT 9999 FEW037 19/09 Q1020=
EGKK 221450Z 36009KT 340V040 9999 SCT036 18/08 Q1020=
EGKK 221420Z 02013KT 350V060 9999 SCT034 18/08 Q1020=
EGKK 221350Z 36013KT 330V030 9999 BKN037 18/08 Q1020=
EGKK 221320Z 01009KT 320V090 9999 BKN040 18/08 Q1020=
EGKK 221250Z 01013KT 9999 SCT039 17/08 Q1020=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 23, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1997
Departure
Istanbul, Turkey
Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
TC-LSN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport
London Gatwick Airport, London
Airport ICAO Code
EGKK
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