Lauda Europe A320 at Alicante on Jun 1st 2026, flaps problems

Last Update: June 2, 2026 / 14:57:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 1, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lauda Europe

Flight number
FR-1567

Departure
Vienna, Austria

Destination
Alicante, Spain

Aircraft Registration
9H-LOZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport
Alicante International Airport, Alicante

Airport ICAO Code
LEAL

A Lauda Europe Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Ryanair, registration 9H-LOZ performing flight FR-1567 from Vienna (Austria) to Alicante,SP (Spain), was on final approach to Alicante's runway 10 when the crew initiated a go around. The aircraft positioned for another approach and landed on runway 10 at a slightly higher than normal speed about 25 minutes after the go around.

A passenger reported the captain announced due to technical problems they would hold over Alicante. The subsequent landing was "really hard and fast". Cabin crew indicated to passengers that they did have flaps problems.

A replacement A320-200 registration 9H-LOT positioned from Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) to Alicante and performed the return flight with a delay of about 8:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Alicante for about 16 hours, then positioned to Palma Mallorca and resumed service.

Metars:
LEAL 011630Z 10006KT 050V150 CAVOK 27/19 Q1015 NOSIG=
LEAL 011600Z 10006KT 060V150 CAVOK 27/19 Q1015 NOSIG=
LEAL 011530Z 09008KT 050V120 CAVOK 27/19 Q1015 NOSIG=
LEAL 011500Z 11007KT 070V160 CAVOK 28/18 Q1015 NOSIG=
LEAL 011430Z 10007KT 070V150 CAVOK 27/19 Q1016 NOSIG=
LEAL 011400Z 09008KT 050V140 CAVOK 27/19 Q1016 NOSIG=
LEAL 011330Z 10008KT 070V140 CAVOK 28/18 Q1016 NOSIG=
LEAL 011300Z 09008KT 060V120 CAVOK 28/18 Q1016 NOSIG=
LEAL 011230Z 10008KT 060V150 CAVOK 28/18 Q1017 NOSIG=
LEAL 011200Z 10008KT 050V140 CAVOK 28/18 Q1017 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 1, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lauda Europe

Flight number
FR-1567

Departure
Vienna, Austria

Destination
Alicante, Spain

Aircraft Registration
9H-LOZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport
Alicante International Airport, Alicante

Airport ICAO Code
LEAL

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