Easyjet A320 at Funchal on Feb 13th 2026, gear damage after two balked landings
Last Update: February 18, 2026 / 17:51:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 13, 2026
Classification
Accident
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-8519
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Funchal, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-EZTY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Madeira Airport, Funchal
Airport ICAO Code
LPMA
The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule due to damage to the main landing gear.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Madeira until Feb 16th 2026. Easyjet's flight U2-8521 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Funchal was diverted to Porto Santo to drop a flight crew off to take the damaged aircraft back to London. U2-8521 reached Funchal with a delay of about one hour.
The occurrence aircraft subsequently departed Porto Santo about three days and 7 hours after landing and positioned to London Gatwick as flight U2-9002. The aircraft resumed service the following morning of Feb 17th 2026.
Metars:
LPMA 131400Z VRB08G23KT 9999 SCT016 19/08 Q1026=
LPMA 131330Z VRB08KT 9999 SCT016 20/08 Q1026=
LPMA 131300Z 36016G26KT 310V040 9999 SCT016 19/09 Q1026=
LPMA 131230Z VRB08KT 9999 SCT016 19/09 Q1027=
LPMA 131200Z 30007KT 250V010 9999 FEW016 19/08 Q1027=
LPMA 131130Z VRB10G21KT 9999 FEW016 19/09 Q1027=
LPMA 131100Z VRB07KT 9999 FEW016 19/08 Q1026=
LPMA 131030Z VRB07KT 9999 FEW016 19/07 Q1026=
LPMA 131000Z 35011G21KT 280V030 9999 FEW016 18/07 Q1025=
LPMA 130930Z 35007KT 280V050 9999 FEW016 18/08 Q1025=
LPMA 130900Z 33011G21KT 240V030 9999 FEW016 17/08 Q1024=
LPMA 130830Z 34012G26KT 260V020 9999 FEW015 17/06 Q1023=
LPMA 130800Z 33012KT 260V010 9999 FEW015 17/07 Q1023=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 13, 2026
Classification
Accident
Airline
Easyjet
Flight number
U2-8519
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Funchal, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-EZTY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Madeira Airport, Funchal
Airport ICAO Code
LPMA
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