Lauda Europe A320 near Vienna on Oct 21st 2023, failure of weather radar

Last Update: October 24, 2023 / 14:56:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FR-168

Destination
Trieste, Italy

Aircraft Registration
9H-LAX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Lauda Europe Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Ryanair, registration 9H-LAX performing flight FR-168 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Trieste (Italy), was enroute at FL350 about 5nm north of Salzburg (Austria) when the crew decided to divert to Vienna (Austria) due to the failure of their weather radar. The aircraft landed safely on Vienna's runway 34 about 30 minutes later.

The passengers were offered a bus transfer to Triest (about 7 hours duration).

The aircraft remained on the ground in Vienna for about 10.5 hours, then resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FR-168

Destination
Trieste, Italy

Aircraft Registration
9H-LAX

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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