Lingus A320 at Dublin on Jan 14th 2025, unusual attitude and upset on approach

Last Update: April 11, 2025 / 18:53:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-493

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-DEE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Aer Lingus Airbus A320-200, registration EI-DEE performing flight EI-493 from Faro (Portugal) to Dublin (Ireland), was descending towards Dublin about to turn onto final approach for runway 28L when the aircraft encountered an unusual attitude prompting the crew to initiate a missed approach. The aircraft began to climb again after reaching about 1900 feet, positioned for another approach and landed without further incident about 10 minutes later.

On Apr 11th 2025 the Irish AAIU reported they rated the occurrence an incident and opened an investigation describing the occurrence as: "Aircraft upset and level overshoot."
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
EI-DEE
Country of Registration
Ireland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A320-214
ICAO Aircraft Type
A320
Year of Manufacture
Serial Number
Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
Engine Count
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-493

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-DEE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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