Vueling A320 near Milan on Aug 23rd 2015, weather radar failure
Last Update: August 24, 2015 / 22:52:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 23, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1816
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EC-LAB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft was able to continue the journey as flight VY-181D after about 2:15 hours and reached Munich with a delay of 3 hours.
A passenger reported the crew announced the weather radar had failed while they were trying to navigate through bad weather. The aircraft landed safely in Malpensa, the weather radar was repaired, the aircraft was refueled and continued to Munich.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 23, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-1816
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EC-LAB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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