Summary
- Scandinavian Airlines flight encountered wind shear, causing a tough landing and engine compressor stall.
- The crew initiated a go-around and diverted to Gran Canaria resulting from maintenance facilities.
- The six-year-old aircraft holds the registration SE=ROE.
On January sixth, a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Stockholm to Funchal, Portugal, encountered a tough landing approaching the Madieran Airport. The aircraft, an Airbus A320neo, was on approach to airport runway 23 when it met wind shear, which led to the right-hand engine suffering a compressor stall, and the aircraft bounced.
The crew quickly initiated a go-around before deciding to divert to Gran Canaria, where it was capable of land safely around 90 minutes later.
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Wind causing a tough landing.
Wind direction and gusts can significantly affect aircraft throughout the final landing stages. Sometimes, a harder-than-expected landing may be resulting from changing wind gusts throughout the landing. It might be higher to land quickly than risk an overrun. If a landing is overly hard – and possibly reaches aircraft limits – it should necessitate a full inspection.
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