Nordwind A321 near Sheremetyevo on Jan 5th 2013, navigation system failure

Last Update: January 9, 2013 / 14:28:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NWS-1921

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BOD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Nordwind Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration VQ-BOD performing flight NWS-1921 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) with 221 people on board, stopped the climb out of Sheremetyevo's runway 25R at FL120 due to a navigation system failure, entered a holding to burn off fuel and returned to Sheremetyevo Airport for a safe landing on runway 25R about 4 hours after departure.

The incident aircraft was able to depart again for the flight after about 6 hours on the ground.

Rosaviatsia reported the wiring block pads for the inertial navigation systems were replaced after which the aircraft was able to depart without MEL restrictions.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NWS-1921

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BOD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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