Vueling A320 at Barcelona on Oct 28th 2013, hydraulic failure

Last Update: October 29, 2013 / 22:43:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 28, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1013

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LVC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-LVC performing flight VY-1013 from Barcelona,SP to Madrid,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Barcelona's runway 25L when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet reporting a hydraulic failure during gear retraction, the gear doors did not close as result. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew were working the checklists, the alternate gear extension was executed, the crew indicated they would need to stop on the runway due to loss of nose wheel steering. The aircraft landed safely on runway 25R about 30 minutes after departure and managed to roll out into a high speed turn off, where the aircraft stopped clear of the runway.

The runway returned to service following a runway inspection. The aircraft was later towed to the apron.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 28, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-1013

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Madrid, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-LVC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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