Edelweiss A320 enroute on Jul 9th 2024, fuel filter indication

Last Update: July 11, 2024 / 17:17:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 9, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Edelweiss Air

Flight number
WK-284

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Funchal, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
HB-IJV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Edelweiss Airbus A320-200, registration HB-IJV performing flight WK-284 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Funchal (Portugal), was enroute at FL350 about 70nm southwest of Lyon (France) when the crew decided to return to Zurich due to a fuel filter indication. The aircraft descended to FL340 for the return and landed safely back in Zurich about 95 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration HB-IHZ reached Funchal with a delay of about 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 5 hours after landing.

A similiar occurrence took place 3 days earlier, see Incident: Edelweiss A320 enroute on Jul 6th 2024, fuel filter indication.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
Switzerland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 9, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Edelweiss Air

Flight number
WK-284

Departure
Zurich, Switzerland

Destination
Funchal, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
HB-IJV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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