Eurowings Malta A320 at Berlin on Dec 15th 2023, unsafe gear
Last Update: December 16, 2023 / 09:57:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 15, 2023                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Unsafe gear                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Eurowings Europe Malta                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            EW-4342                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Salzburg, Austria                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Berlin, Germany                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            9H-EWD                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The airport reported the aircraft had a problem with the landing gear but managed to land without incident. Later the airport added, the gear was successfully lowered by manual extension.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Berlin about 3 hours after landing, all further sectors of Dec 15th 2023 assigned to the aircraft were cancelled.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Dec 15, 2023                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Unsafe gear                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Eurowings Europe Malta                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            EW-4342                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Salzburg, Austria                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Berlin, Germany                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            9H-EWD                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A320                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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