US Airways A320 at Detroit on Oct 27th 2014, "bunch of flames on your right side"
Last Update: October 28, 2014 / 20:43:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 27, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
US Airways
Flight number
US-2088
Departure
Charlotte, United States
Destination
Detroit, United States
Aircraft Registration
N121UW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airport initially reported in error the aircraft landed on runway 21R, a departure had just received takeoff clearance on runway 21R when tower alerted the landing US Airways A320 of the problem on the right main gear, subsequent landings runway 21L were instructed to swing over to runway 21R but a minute later instructed to go around. The airport later changed to say runway 21L/03R received damage in the landing and needed to remain closed for repairs, it was expected to return to service by Tuesday (Oct 28th) evening.
The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 27, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
US Airways
Flight number
US-2088
Departure
Charlotte, United States
Destination
Detroit, United States
Aircraft Registration
N121UW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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