Etihad A332 at Frankfurt on Jan 21st 2013, loss of all airspeed indications on final approach
Last Update: February 6, 2013 / 19:13:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Etihad Airways
Flight number
EY-1A
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
A6-EYF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
On Jan 29th 2013 The French BEA reported the loss of all three airspeed indications, the German BFU is investigating the serious incident. On Feb 6th 2013 the BEA added in their weekly bulletin, that the readout of flight data recorder did not confirm the loss of all three airspeed indications, the investigation is ongoing.
On Jan 30th 2013 the investigator leading this investigation at the German BFU told The Aviation Herald, that the crew believed all three air speed indications were invalid due to their observations, there were no flags or ECAM indications. The BFU was notified about the loss of all three airspeed indications, downloaded the flight data recorder and found that the indicated airspeeds properly correlated with the actual ground speed. A mismatch between active automation modes and pilot expectation is currently considered as a working theory.
The aircraft performing flight EY-1 from Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to Frankfurt had previously diverted to Munich due to weather.
Metars:
EDDF 211920Z 03004KT 4000 BR FEW002 BKN005 M01/M01 Q1000 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 NOSIG
EDDF 211850Z 05003KT 3500 BR FEW002 BKN005 M01/M01 Q1000 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 TEMPO BKN003
EDDF 211820Z 06003KT 3500 BR FEW002 BKN005 M01/M01 Q1000 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 TEMPO BKN003
EDDF 211750Z 04004KT 3500 -SG BR FEW002 BKN005 M01/M01 Q1000 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 TEMPO BKN003
EDDF 211720Z 04004KT 4000 -SG BR FEW002 BKN005 M01/M01 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 TEMPO BKN003
EDDF 211650Z 03003KT 4500 BR FEW002 SCT004 BKN008 M00/M00 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 NOSIG
EDDF 211620Z 03003KT 6000 FEW002 SCT005 BKN010 M00/M00 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 BECMG 4000 BKN008
EDDF 211550Z 07002KT 7000 FEW002 BKN010 BKN038 M00/M01 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 BECMG BKN015
EDDF 211520Z VRB02KT 8000 FEW005 SCT009 BKN013 M00/M01 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 BECMG BKN015
EDDF 211450Z VRB01KT 9000 FEW006 BKN011 BKN039 M00/M01 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 BECMG BKN015
EDDF 211420Z 16002KT 9000 SCT008 BKN011 BKN031 M00/M01 Q0999 R25L/2///95 R25C/2///95 R25R/2///95 R18/2///95 BECMG BKN015
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Etihad Airways
Flight number
EY-1A
Departure
Munich, Germany
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
A6-EYF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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