Vueling A319 at Florence on Aug 13th 2014, gear fire after landing
Last Update: August 19, 2014 / 13:35:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 13, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1503
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Florence, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EC-JVE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Italy's ANSV deployed investigators on site and opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin on Aug 19th 2014, that while applying the park brake a hydraulic spray leakage occurred on the right main gear, two seconds later the spray caught fire prompting the crew to initiate an emergency evacuation. A post event examination showed the elbow of the brake hose on the right wheel was loose.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 13, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1503
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Florence, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EC-JVE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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