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 →
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 →
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 →
An Airbus A319 narrowly escaped disaster at the end of an unstabilized, hurried VMC approach…. Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Hard landing, inappropriate stopover maintenance procedure, take-off with a substantially damaged aeroplane… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →