Serious incident to an Airbus A320 operated by Easyjet on 24/06/2018 at Liverpool [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Pilot inadvertently pulled flap lever rather than gear retraction lever during climb.

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General information
Local date	24/06/2018
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	AD Liverpool
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0417

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - Easyjet Airline Company Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	G-EZOZ
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGGP (LPL): Liverpool
Planned destination	France - LFPG (CDG): Paris Charles-De-Gaulle
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	6918
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.