Lingus A21N at Dublin on Dec 13th 2025, hard landing

Last Update: December 22, 2025 / 18:06:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2025

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-155

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-XLT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

Airport
Dublin Airport, Dublin

Airport ICAO Code
EIDW

An Aer Lingus Airbus A321-200N, registration EI-XLT performing flight EI-155 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Dublin (Ireland), landed on Dublin's runway 28L at 12:18L (12:18Z) but touched down hard and bounced before settling on the runway. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The next approach, going around, reported windshear.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Dublin on Dec 22nd 2025.

According to local sources the aircraft registered 3.3G vertical load on touch down and needs a new landing gear.

Metars:
EIDW 131330Z 21016G26KT 180V240 9999 SCT018 BKN150 10/06 Q1017 WS RWY28L NOSIG=
EIDW 131300Z 21017KT 9999 SCT018 BKN150 10/06 Q1017 WS RWY28L NOSIG=
EIDW 131230Z 21015G27KT 190V260 9999 SCT018 BKN150 10/06 Q1018 NOSIG=
EIDW 131200Z 20016G26KT 170V230 9999 SCT018 BKN150 10/06 Q1018 NOSIG=
EIDW 131130Z 20013KT 9999 SCT018 BKN030 10/06 Q1019 NOSIG=
EIDW 131100Z 20014KT 160V230 9999 FEW018 BKN030 10/06 Q1019 NOSIG=
EIDW 131030Z 20014G25KT 9999 FEW018 BKN030 09/06 Q1019 NOSIG=
EIDW 131000Z 20013KT 9999 FEW018 BKN030 09/05 Q1019 NOSIG=
EIDW 130930Z 20012KT 170V230 9999 FEW018 SCT200 09/05 Q1020 NOSIG=
EIDW 130900Z 20011KT 170V230 9999 FEW018 08/05 Q1020 NOSIG=
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
EI-XLT
Country of Registration
Ireland
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A321-253NY
ICAO Aircraft Type
A21N
Year of Manufacture
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Serial Number
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2025

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-155

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Dublin, Ireland

Aircraft Registration
EI-XLT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

Airport
Dublin Airport, Dublin

Airport ICAO Code
EIDW

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