A321 flight crew reported after takeoff the nose wheel and doors would not retract. A divert and an overweight landing were accomplished.
Synopsis
A321 flight crew reported after takeoff the nose wheel and doors would not retract. A divert and an overweight landing were accomplished.
Narrative
After Takeoff from ZZZ we were unable to retract the landing gear. The First Officer was flying and after checking for an ECAM exception or quick action item I assigned flying duties and ATC communications to the First Officer. I completed the ECAM actions which failed to remedy the situation so I advised the First Officer to head to ZZZ1. I made a quick PA since it was very noisy just to put everyone at ease while I pulled out my QRH then completed the appropriate follow up items. I then notified the #1 Flight Attendant with the test items then made another PA explaining the situation. I then used the crew phone to call Dispatch and they were aware we were headed to ZZZ1. Since we were going to land at 182;000 pounds I reviewed the overweight landing checklist and discussed the options with the First Officer. The weather was clear with calm winds and a long Runway so decided it was best to land rather than burn off gas for an hour or more. I also called Dispatch to tell them my intention to make an overweight landing. The First Officer made the landing and everything was normal so we taxied to the Gate.
Second reporter narrative
I was the Pilot Flying (First Officer) for this leg and the Captain was the Pilot Monitoring. Shortly after liftoff from Runway XX I noticed a nose wheel shock absorb ECAM; quickly followed by a gear not uplocked ECAM. I retained control of the aircraft and utilized the AP to increase situational awareness. as the Captain began to work the ECAM. It was quickly realized that the gear would not retract so a joint decision was made to divert to ZZZ1. Involved in this decision was the fact that ZZZ1 has many long Runways and company Maintenance facilities. During this time as the Captain was working the ECAM the gear doors were stuck down and making a lot of noise within the flight deck. This did contribute to each pilot having difficulty hearing and understanding the other. Shortly after the initial incident a request was made to divert to ZZZ1; however an emergency was not declared. After providing ATC with the relevant information on the situation they on our behalf and [requested priority handling] an to provide vectors to ZZZ1. with the Captain continuing to work the ECAM and overweight landing checklist. I began programming the Multipurpose Control Display Unit for an arrival and landing into ZZZ1. The decision to make an overweight landing was made due to the amount of time it would have taken to burn off enough fuel to get under max landing weight. After completing the overweight landing checklist and briefing the arrival and approach we made an uneventful landing into ZZZ1 on Runway XYL. Upon exiting the Runway we canceled [priority handling] and taxied to the Gate. The pre-flight walk around produced no glaring issues that would have caused this maintenance event. The correct terminology was not correctly used by myself when communicating with ATC; which may have caused some initial confusion on whether or not we were [requesting priority handling] or not.
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