Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129; Flight Crew Total 12215; Flight Crew Type 9415
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Aircraft
On climb out; approximately FL250; ECAM for generator 1 fault. First Officer did ECAM and QRH. Generator 1 would not come back online. Started APU. About 3 hours into flight climbing from FL330 to FL350 out of FL336; APU did an auto shutdown. Again; followed ECAM and QRH. Contacted [Maintenance] and Dispatch. Descended to FL290. Restarted APU. Worked fine but continued as [priority] aircraft as didn't know if it would shut down again. Uneventful landing. Met by fire trucks. Received okay and under ship's power taxied to gate.
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A320 flight crew reported failure of generator #1; followed by auto-shutdown of APU. Flight continued to destination after the APU was successfully restarted at a lower altitude.