A321
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Procedure
During takeoff rotation on the upper ECAM we received a green message that said 'REFUELING'; which indicated to me that the fueling door on right wing had come open in some fashion. After leveling off and cleaning the airplane up and running the After Takeoff Checklist. We then received another ECAM; FLT CNTRL SLAT FAULT. From then we realized that this may have something to do with the fuel door and we would need to return to ZZZ. We slowed the aircraft down asked ATC for vectors and [Requested Priority Handling]. While receiving delay vectors we had ample amount of time to run the QRH procedure and land on longest Runway XXC in ZZZ. Once QRH was finished and we started to reconfigure; all flight controls slats and flaps worked normally. Landing was safe and normal. Canceled Emergency as we taxied into gate. Fuel Door was bent after inspection at gate.Fueler did not properly latch fuel door after refueling aircraft at gate.Further training for fuelers to understand proper door latching.
First Officer reported refueling panel access door was not closed by fueler; resulting in an air turnback and precautionary landing.