Accident to the Airbus A321 registered HA-LGA operated by Wizz Air on 20/07/2022 at Budapest

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Preliminary data based on the notification from the Hungarian authorities:

A Wizzair A321 NEO aircraft traveling from Bari to Krakow received a bomb threat and interrupted its journey and landed safely at LHBP Budapest at 12:38 UTC and pulled into the B5 holding bay. Ground service staff did not wait for the aircraft with the stairs ready, the staff opened all 8 emergency slides

and executed an evacuation. Some passengers were injured during the evacuation.

Bomb threat, diversion, evacuation via slides

General information

Local date	20/07/2022
Responsible entity	Hungary - TSB
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - Hungary
Location	AD Budapest
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	2
Number of minor injuries	8
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2022-0336

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	Hungary - Wizz Air Hungary Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A321
Aircraft Registration	HA-LGA
State of registry	Hungary
Last departure point	Italy - LIBD (BRI): Bari/Palese Macchie
Planned destination	Poland - EPKK (KRK): Krakow/Balice
Flight phase	Standing
Serial number	10950
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.

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