Edelweiss A320 diverted to Vienna after gear defect forces crew change

Edelweiss flight WK171 left Tbilisi at 08:50 local time, nearly three hours behind schedule, but a landing‑gear defect required all 133 passengers to disembark and reboard during a stop in Tbilisi.

After the defect was repaired, crew work‑hour limits prevented the aircraft from continuing to Zurich, so it diverted to Vienna and landed at 10:13; a new crew flew the Airbus A320 from Vienna to Zurich, arriving at 14:14, and the aircraft then departed Vienna for Bristol at 14:35.