Editing EasyJet (section)

== Incidents ==

* On 15 September 2006, [[EasyJet Flight 6074]], an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A319-111]], [[Aircraft registration|registered]] as G-EZAC, suffered a major electrical failure, rendering the radio, [[autopilot]], [[Traffic collision avoidance system|TCAS]], and [[electronic flight instrument system]] inoperable, among other critical systems. This nearly caused a [[mid-air collision]] with another aircraft, an [[American Airlines]] [[Boeing 777]], which diverted from its collision course with fewer than 30 seconds to spare. The A319's pilots continued their flight straight to [[Bristol Airport|Bristol]] out of fear of being [[List of aircraft shootdowns|shot down]], since the failure knocked out their [[Transponder (aeronautics)|transponder]]. This made it impossible for the aircraft to be tracked by [[air traffic controller|air traffic control]], which potentially would have forced the assumption that it had been [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] were it to deviate from its initially approved flight path without clearance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report: Easyjet A319 near Nantes on Sep 15th 2006, electrical failure leads to losscomm |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=41eb245c |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=avherald.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Serious incident Airbus A319-111 G-EZAC, Friday 15 September 2006 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/147063 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>