Created Sunday, Oct 3rd 2021 13:33Z, last updated Sunday, Oct 3rd 2021 13:33Z
An Iberia Airbus A320-200, registration EC-LXQ performing flight
IB539 from Vigo,SP (Spain) to Madrid,SP (Spain) with 110 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Vigo when the crew declared Mayday Mayday reporting they could not retract the landing gear, had a very high fuel burn and needed to land as soon as possible, however, would not need assistance on the ground. The aircraft stopped the climb at FL100 and diverted to Porto (Portugal). At that time Porto was just about to implement low visibility procedures and had a number of aircraft in the holds. Approach queried the A320 crew whether they could accept a CAT I ILS approach with just 200 feet ceiling, the crew accepted. The aircraft landed safely on Porto's runway 17 about 25 minutes after departure from Vigo.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 16 hours after landing in Porto.
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