Airbus A340 Engine Power Loss In Flight
One hour and nine minutes into the flight, while cruising at flight level 350, the pilots felt an airframe vibration and observed the number 1 engine shut down spontaneously…. Continue Reading →
Airbus A310 Runway Overrun and Fire
On 25 March 2008 an Airbus A310 being operated by Sudan Airways on a passenger flight from Port Sudan to Khartoum overran the runway after a late night touchdown at destination in normal visibility off a non precision approach to runway 36. A fire became evident once the aircraft had stopped and this subsequently burned…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A319 Multiple Electrical Failure
While in the cruise, with the autopilot and autothrust systems engaged, a failure of the electrical system occurred which caused numerous aircraft systems to become degraded or inoperative. Some of the more significant effects were that the A319 could only be flown manually, all the aircraft’s radios became inoperative and the Captain’s electronic flight instrument…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A300 Crash During Non Precision Approach
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of this Airbus A300-600F accident was the flight crew's continuation of an unstabilized approach and their failure to monitor the aircraft's altitude during the approach, which led to an inadvertent descent below the minimum approach altitude and subsequently into terrain…. Continue Reading →
Airbus A319 Unstabilized VMC Approach
An Airbus A319 narrowly escaped disaster at the end of an unstabilized, hurried VMC approach…. Continue Reading →
Airbus A319 Serious Incident During Go-Around
Early in the ILS approach the auto-throttle disengaged with the thrust levers in the idle thrust position. The disengagement was neither commanded nor recognized by the crew and the thrust levers remained at idle throughout the approach. Because the aircraft was fully configured for landing, the air speed decayed rapidly to a value below that…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A320 – Brake problem and runway overrun
While landing on a short runway the aircraft touched down just beyond the end of the marked touchdown zone with low autobrake selected. Manual wheel braking commenced shortly after mainwheel touchdown. At a groundspeed of around 70 kt the brakes ceased operating, for about 17 seconds. A pronounced dip in the runway surface initially prevented…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A320 – Smell due to hydraulic fluid leaking
An unusual smell was noticed soon after takeoff, the source of which could not be determined. The flight crew donned their oxygen masks and carried out the appropriate actions to deal with the situation, while arranging with ATC for a return to Heathrow. Subsequent investigation revealed that hydraulic fluid leaking from a hydraulic actuator had…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 Hard landing
Hard landing, inappropriate stopover maintenance procedure, take-off with a substantially damaged aeroplane… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 Emergency Descent
On 22 December 2010, an Airbus A330-300 inbound to Helsinki (Finland)and cruising in very cold air at an altitude of 11,600 metres lost cabin pressurisation in cruise flight and completed an emergency descent before continuing the originally intended flight at a lower level. The subsequent Investigation was carried out together with that into a similar…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 Damage to both engines, leading edges and radome
On 19 January 2013, an Airbus A330-300 on a passenger flight from Orlando (USA) to Manchester (UK) with an additional heavy crew member present on the flight deck for take offhit birds shortly after making a night take off from runway 35L in VMC and high engine vibration was followed by indications of a total…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 Inflight Aircraft Damaged
Inflight Aircraft Damaged after Engine Cowling Latches Not Locked… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 CFIT on Landing
The aircraft crashed about 1,200 meters short of the landing runway, outside the airport perimeter. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and post-crash fire. The final report stated that the accident resulted from the pilots’ lack of a common action plan during the approach, the final approach being continued below the Minimum Decision Altitude…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 NWA Blocked Pitots
The A330 was cruising at 39,000 feet on autopilot near Kagoshima, Japan, when it encountered intense rain and both the captain's and co-pilot's airspeed indicators immediately showed a huge rollback in the plane's forward velocity. With autopilot and automatic-throttle controls disengaged, the cockpit was filled with beeps and bright warning signals indicating various system problems.…… Continue Reading →
Airbus A330 Strong Turbulence
Strong turbulence in cruise, momentary loss of control of the flight path by the crew…. Continue Reading →