Air India B788 at Melbourne on Jan 14th 2014, nearly landed on small airport
Last Update: January 17, 2014 / 22:11:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-301
Departure
Sydney, Australia
Destination
Melbourne, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
Following the Air India air traffic control repeatedly asked approaches whether they were able to see the aerodrome beacon, crews reported they were seeing but losing the beacon again.
The ATSB did not open an investigation stating the system worked as it was supposed to do.
Metars:
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YMML 140000Z 35026G36KT CAVOK 36/08 Q1013 FM0000 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132333Z 36024G35KT CAVOK 36/08 Q1013 FM2333 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132300Z 01028KT CAVOK 34/09 Q1013 FM2300 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132230Z 36028KT CAVOK 33/09 Q1013 FM2230 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132200Z 36028KT CAVOK 32/08 Q1013 FM2200 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132138Z 36025G35KT CAVOK 31/08 Q1013 FM2138 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132100Z 36022KT CAVOK 30/08 Q1013 FM2100 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132030Z 35018KT CAVOK 28/08 Q1013 FM2030 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
YMML 132000Z 35016KT CAVOK 27/08 Q1013 FM2000 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 14, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-301
Departure
Sydney, Australia
Destination
Melbourne, Australia
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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