Easyjet U2-1851 Manchester-Thira diverted to Rome FCO


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Incident: Easyjet A320 near Berlin on Jul 6th 2015, hydraulic problem, or not?

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Jul 6th 2015 21:03Z, last updated Monday, Jul 6th 2015 21:03Z
An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZUR performing flight U2-1851 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Thira (Greece), was enroute at FL330 about 200nm west of Berlin (Germany) when the crew advised of hydraulic problems, ATC understood the aircraft was down to one hydraulic system only. The crew requested to divert to Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) and began the descent towards Schoenefeld. The aircraft subsequently levelled off at FL200, requested to continue to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), climbed back to FL330 and FL350 and landed in Rome Fiumicino about 2 hours after aborting the approach to Berlin.

A replacement A320-200 registration G-EZTE reached Thira with a delay of 3:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Rome for 4 hours, then resumed service.

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