British Airways A319 at London on May 5th 2016, shrieking sounds during go-around
Last Update: May 6, 2016 / 19:48:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-1465
Departure
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Passengers reported they were frightened by the shrieking noise, the aircraft climbed again, the lead flight attendants was called to the cockpit while the other flight attendants were looking for the source of the sound throughout the aft cabin. It subsequently emerged, that there was a problem with the landing gear on first approach, the second approach succeeded. The shrieking sounds occurred during gear retraction for the go-around.
The airline reported the crew detected a minor technical fault, emergency services received the flight as a precaution.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in London for 17 hours, then resumed service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-1465
Departure
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-EUPB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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