A320, Corfu, Greece, 2024

A320, Corfu, Greece, 2024

Summary

On 19 June 2024, an Airbus A320 first officer made a longer than expected night touchdown at Corfu. Without recognising that reverse thrust had been engaged, the captain took control and applied full thrust to initiate a go-around, which is prohibited. On recognising his error, hesitation and uncertainty led to him cycling the thrust levers between full thrust and maximum reverse multiple times before eventually deciding to stop on the runway. This was achieved with 340 metres of runway remaining after both pilots had simultaneously called stop and both then simultaneously applied maximum braking.

Description

On 19 June 2024, an Airbus A320 (G-EZGY) operated by easyJet on a scheduled passenger service from London Gatwick to Corfu as U2 8213 touched down at destination farther along the runway than expected in night visual meteorological conditions (VMC) after an early and protracted flare by the first officer. The captain took control and set takeoff/go-around (TO/GA) thrust for a go-around before recognising that the thrust reversers had been deployed. He then became indecisive as to whether to go around or complete the landing but after multiple cycling of the thrust levers between TOGA and REV MAX eventually decided to complete the landing. The aircraft stopped with 340 metres of the end of the runway.

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