Eurowings Malta A320 at Berlin on Dec 15th 2023, unsafe gear

Last Update: December 16, 2023 / 09:57:23 GMT/Zulu time

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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

A Eurowings Europe Malta Airbus A320-200, registration 9H-EWD performing flight EW-4342 from Salzburg (Austria) to Berlin (Germany) with 144 people on board, was on approach to Berlin's runway 25L when the crew initiated a go around due to an unsafe gear indication. The crew repositioned for another approach to runway 25L, landed without further incident about 17 minutes after the go around and stopped on the taxiway clear of the runway for inspections. About 30 minutes after landing the aircraft was towed to the apron.

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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