Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 205; Flight Crew Total 19400; Flight Crew Type 1320
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Aircraft
At cruise; we had ECAMs for the Captain's window heat and a pack regulator fault. I completed the ECAMs. About 5 minutes later; the Captain's ND; PFD and the upper ECAM switched back and forth between being blank and having a diagonal line; finally going totally blank. The 3 screens came back to life about five minutes later and worked well for the remainder of the flight. Simultaneously; we had a multitude of various ECAMs. The aircraft also started to shake considerably. I assigned the FO (First Officer) to fly and I [notified ATC]; initially asking for a diversion to [a nearby airport]. After realizing that [another nearby airport] was behind us and quite a bit closer; I changed my diversion choice. I worked through the ECAMs and required checklists. The FO and I worked very well together and I kept Dispatch; the flight attendants and the passengers informed as the workload decreased. One important note - my iPad froze while I was trying to access JeppPro to brief the approach. I had to shut it down and restart it. Prior to this; I've never had a problem with my iPad. The airframe vibration intensified on the approach. The approach and landing were normal; but we didn't have reversers. This was a surprise because it wasn't displayed as an ECAM and didn't show on the STATUS page. Later the flight attendants told us that there was a vibration in the rear of the aircraft and the tail was swaying side to side. This swaying was indicative of a dual yaw damper failure. This was never made aware to us because it also wasn't an ECAM and didn't appear on the STATUS page.
ANTI ICE L Window and Windshield ECAMs came on in flight; Captain verified his windshield and back window were very cold to touch (unlike the normal heated windows). He looked up info in the [Maintenance Log] and we checked the QRH which related info we already knew 'left windshield heat failed.' A few moments later another ECAM relating to the left pack appeared. Captain noted the left-most fuel pump light also flicker on and off without indication of an ECAM. When the Captain was preparing to send the [Maintenance Report] codes for each of the ECAMs; his PFD; MFD and top ECAM flickered to red lines on and off and went blank. I think the Captain said 'Let's think about diverting; I don't like this' I completely concurred. Seconds later; multiple ECAM cautions began to appear with a 'ding' and yellow caution occurring almost every second; 10-15 times (?). The Captain called ATC and asked for a vector for ZZZ1 which appeared ahead of us (closest large airport; ~150 miles) on our map displays. ATC gave us a lower [altitude] (280?) and a slight turn. Moments later the Captain looked at the closest airports page and noted ZZZ was behind us but only 80 NM away - we changed our intended diversion airport to ZZZ; got another vector and continued descent. Captain gave me the radios; while he worked through the ECAM msgs/checklists. I left the autoflight system on in the ~180 deg turn to ZZZ.The system failures continued to chime and we felt a significant vibration/shaking on the flight deck (FAs later confirmed it was worse in the back). The failed systems that I recall at that point were those mentioned above plus Blue Hydraulic; Avionics cooling; a fuel pump; a pack. I kept taking deep breaths doing my own check for the smell of smoke; expecting it any moment with my O2 mask close by. We executed an ILS/Visual approach with normal speeds and flap settings; without the use of spoilers (the vibration/shaking worsened as we slowed). Landing/touchdown was normal; but neither thrust reversers developed any reverse thrust worked despite levers being in full reverse (there was no ECAM indication that stated they wouldn't be available). I let the aircraft slow mostly on its own until applying light braking. Ground fire support noted no external damage or fire so we taxied to gate.
A320 flight crew reported diverting to an alternate airport after experiencing multiple system failures in cruise flight.