BAW A320 at Edinburgh on Dec 8th 2025, could not fully retract landing gear

Last Update: December 9, 2025 / 18:41:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 8, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-1443

Aircraft Registration
G-EUUI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A BAW British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUUI performing flight BA-1443 from Edinburgh,SC to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was climbing out of Edinburgh's runway 24 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet due to being unable to fully retract the landing gear and decided to return to Edinburgh. The aircraft entered a hold at 6000 feet to troubleshoot the problem and landed safely on Edinburgh's runway 24 with open gear doors about one hour after departure and stopped on the runway. The aircraft was towed off the runway about 40 minutes after landing.

The aircraft had suffered a hydraulic failure.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Edinburgh about 6 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 8, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-1443

Aircraft Registration
G-EUUI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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