EasyJet Flight 6074 was a scheduled flight on 15 September 2006 from Alicante, Spain to Bristol, United Kingdom on an Airbus A319-111. The flight suffered severe electrical failures during its flight to Bristol.[1]
.jpg) G-EZAC, the aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 September 2006 |
| Summary | Major electrical failure |
| Site | Near Nantes, France |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A319-111 |
| Operator | EasyJet |
| IATA flight No. | U26074 |
| ICAO flight No. | EZY6074 |
| Call sign | Easy 6074 |
| Registration | G-EZAC |
| Flight origin | Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, Elche, Spain |
| Destination | Bristol Airport, North Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Occupants | 144 |
| Passengers | 138 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 144 |
Aircraft
editThe aircraft involved was an brand-new Airbus A319-111, MSN 2691, registered as G-EZAC, which was manufactured by Airbus Industrie in 2006. It was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-5B5/P engines.[2]
Incident
editOn 15 September 2006, EasyJet Flight 6074, an Airbus A319-111, en route from Alicante experienced an electrical systems failure near Nantes, France, while cruising at 32000 feet (FL320). It caused multiple aircraft systems to become inoperative, including the aircraft's radios, autopilot, the captain's electronic flight instrument display and TCAS. As a consequence of these failures, the A319 nearly collided with an American Airlines Flight AAL63, a Boeing 777. The crew was unable to reconfigure the aircraft's electrical systems and continued on to land uneventfully at Bristol Airport without any further communication to air traffic control or remedy to the affected systems.[3]
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Due to their radio failures, EasyJet Flight 6074 decided to continue their flight to Bristol to avoid being shot down by fighter jets that may think that the flight was hijacked. Air traffic control canceled all departures and arrivals at the airport. The aircraft safely landed at Bristol.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Report: Easyjet A319 near Nantes on Sep 15th 2006, electrical failure leads to losscomm". The Aviation Herald.
- ^ "Serious incident Airbus A319-111 G-EZAC, Friday 15 September 2006". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Report on the serious incident to Airbus A319-111, registration G-EZAC near Nantes, France on 15 September 2006". Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Retrieved 29 April 2023.