Air carrier flight crew reported receiving multiple ECAMs during all phases of the flight resulting in the flight crew diverting to the nearest airport where they landed safely.
Synopsis
Air carrier flight crew reported receiving multiple ECAMs during all phases of the flight resulting in the flight crew diverting to the nearest airport where they landed safely.
Narrative
On pushback from the gate in ZZZ; we got a LGCIU (Landing Gear Control Interface Unit) 1 ECAM; successfully completed the reset; and sent the notification to Maintenance Control. In my mind; I recalled speaking with the maintenance tech who was onboard the aircraft when we initially arrived and he said that he was working on an auto brake issue reported by the inbound crew and that everything was good and he would be sending us a new release. Immediately after rotation during gear retraction; we started to get ECAM messages; far too many to list. Our first action item was the landing gear doors not retracting. We cycled the gear; per ECAM action; and got the doors to close. FO established radio contact with dispatch and Maintenance Control while I flew the plane and handled ATC communications. FO was doing such a good job that I used this as a mentoring opportunity and had him brief the flight attendants and passengers as well. There was convective activity over the entire state as well as heavy rain. We had just passed the convective activity at FL330; with Maintenance Control telling us to press on to ZZZ1 if no other issues arose; when another round of ECAMs appeared; losing the Autopilot; Auto thrust; and the Flight Directors. I started flying the Airbus in 2006; and I simply couldn't understand what was causing all of this to occur together. FO and I decided that we needed to get the plane on the ground in the interest of safety. ZZZ or ZZZ2 didn't seem like good options for us because we would need to go back through the weather and land on a wet runway in less than ideal weather conditions. With the possibility of gear; brake; reverser; and who knows what other issues might be coming; we had the dispatcher re file us for ZZZ3; as the weather was great there and XXR is a long runway. We now proceeded to ZZZ3; briefed for the approach and briefed for an overweight landing. We landed safely in ZZZ3 and taxied into the gate without any further issues.
Second reporter narrative
On pushback from gate at ZZZ; LGCIU (Landing Gear Control Interface Unit) 1 Ecam appeared and we successfully completed the reset and sent notification to Maintenance Control. There was a prior autobrake open log that was cleared prior to pushback by MX (Maintenance); a new release was sent. After we rotated and gear up; there was an immediate number of ecams that was too many to recall. Our first action was to trouble shoot the gear doors not being closed/retracting. The gear was cycled per ecam and was gear and doors were retracted properly. I established radio contact with dispatch and Maintenance Control and captain flew and handled atc comms. I briefed the FAs and passengers per captain request. There was weather in the area; and Maintenance Control advised us to continue to ZZZ1 if no other issues arose. At that point another round of ECAMs displayed; this time being autopilot; autothrust and flight directors. Captain and I made the decision along with dispatch to get on the ground for interest of safety. Weather in ZZZ and ZZZ2 didn't look ideal with the current issues that arose. So we had the dispatch refile to ZZZ3; since it had a long and dry runway and was only about 120 miles away. We diverted to ZZZ3 briefed the FAs; pax (Passengers); approach and descent; and over weight landing. We landed and continued to gate with no further issues.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.