Serious incident to the Airbus A320-200 registered G-EZUP operated by Easyjet on 07/08/2016 en route [Investigation led by STSB / Switzerland]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the swiss authorities:

The crew announced a bleed air leak problem on the left wing above the French territory. For maintenance reasons, the aircraft diverted to Geneva.

General information
Local date	07/08/2016
Responsible entity	Switzerland - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Switzerland
Location	en croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0496

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - easyJet UK Limited
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	G-EZUP
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGKK (LGW) : London/Gatwick
Planned destination	France - LFKB (BIA) : Bastia Poretta, Corse
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	5056
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.