User:Aydoh8/EasyJet Flight 6074

EasyJet Flight 6074 (U26074/EZY6074) was a scheduled flight from Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport in the city of Alicante, Spain, to Bristol Airport in Bristol, United Kingdom. On 15 September 2006, the Airbus A319 operating the flight, registered G-EZAC, suffered a mid-flight failure of most aircraft systems due to a generator fault in the left engine.

Background
The aircraft, an Airbus A319-111 with the registration G-EZAC, had flown into Alicante's Hernández Airport from London Stansted Airport the day before the incident after receiving maintenance following reports of the Number 1 (left) generator coming offline in a previous flight. This involved replacing the No. 1 Generator Control Unit. Following ground testing, the aircraft was returned to service.

About 20 minutes into the flight from Stansted, a 'clunk' was heard by the pilots, followed by an 'ELEC GEN 1 FAULT' message appearing on the aircraft's Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitor (ECAM). After checking the Electrical Systems page on the ECAM, they confirmed that Generator 1 had yet again tripped offline. Following the ECAM actions, the pilots unsuccessfully attempted to restart the generator and then selected OFF for the faulty generator on the overhead panel. They then proceeded to start the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) which, under normal circumstances, is only used on the ground during engine start and shutdown to supply the aircraft with power whilst not connected to a ground power unit.