Serious Incident to the Airbus A320 registered EC-HTD and operated by Vueling on 20/09/2017 at Zurich [Investigation led by STSB / Switzerland]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Swiss authorities:

After the start on runway 28, the crew finds that the whole VHF onboard equipment can no longer be operated. The aircraft was routed with radar vectors and landed visually on the runway 14.

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General information
Local date	20/09/2017
Responsible entity	Switzerland - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	Switzerland
Location	Vers AD Zurich
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0549

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Spain - Vueling Airlines, S.A.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	EC-HTD
State of registry	Spain
Last departure point	Switzerland - LSZH (ZRH): Zurich
Planned destination	Spain - LEBL (BCN): Barcelona
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	1550
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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