EW2758 - Incident: Eurowings Malta A320 at Stuttgart on Jul 30th 2026

An Eurowings Europe Malta Airbus A320-200, registration 9H-EUR performing flight EW-2758 from Stuttgart (Germany) to Vienna (Austria) with 106 people on board, was enroute at FL310 about 90nm east of Stuttgart when the crew decided to return to Stuttgart for a safe landing on runway 25 about 45 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft was already airborne when it was hit by lightning. The aircraft returned to Stuttgart as a precaution.

The rotation was cancelled.

The aircraft returned to service about 34 hours after landing.