France A319 at Munich on Jul 14th 2018, loss of positioning system

Last Update: July 14, 2018 / 21:08:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1123

Departure
Munich, Germany

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air France Airbus A319-100, registration F-GRHB performing flight AF-1123 from Munich (Germany) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was in the initial climb out of Munich's runway 26L when the crew reported they had lost their positioning system, they were maintaining runway heading and needed radar vectors to return to Munich. The aircraft stopped the climb at 5000 feet, was vectored for the approach and landed safely back on runway 26L about 20 minutes after departure.

According to information The Aviation Herald received both GPS systems showed a fault.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:45 hours, then was able to depart and reached Paris with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1123

Departure
Munich, Germany

Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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