Serious incident to the Airbus A321 registered HA-LVR operated by Wizz Air on 26/05/2022 at Kutaisi

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Hungarian authorities:

Hard landing and tail strike.

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Atterrissage dur et toucher de fuselage arrière

General information
Local date	26/05/2022
Responsible entity	Hungary - TSB
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Georgia
Location	AD Kutaisi
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Unknown
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2022-0247

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	Hungary - Wizz Air Hungary Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A321
Aircraft Registration	HA-LVR
State of registry	Hungary
Last departure point	Italy - LIMC (MXP): Milano/Malpensa
Planned destination	Georgia - UGKO (KUT) : Kopitnari
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	10336
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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