Serious incident to an Airbus A320 operated by Easyjet on 19/03/2017 at Orly [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Investigation delegated by the BEA to the AAIB.

Preliminary data received from the notification of the United Kingdom authorities:

Inadvertent flap retraction on takeoff

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General information
Local date	19/03/2017
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	France - 94 Val-de-Marne
Location	AD Paris-Orly
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0151

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - easyJet UK Limited
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	G-EZWM
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	France - LFPO (ORY) : Paris Orly
Planned destination	France - LFMN (NCE) : Nice Côte-d'Azur
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	5739
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.