Discover A320 near Frankfurt on Jun 5th 2024, standby instrument failure

Last Update: June 6, 2024 / 14:37:50 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Discover Airlines

Flight number
4Y-1204

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Heraklion, Greece

Aircraft Registration
D-AIUQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Discover Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIUQ performing flight 4Y-1204 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Heraklion (Greece), was enroute at FL370 about 50nm south of Salzburg (Austria) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt after the Integrated Standby Instrument System (ISIS) failed. The aircraft descended to FL360 and landed safely back in Frankfurt about one hour after turning around.

A replacement A320-200 registration D-AIUX reached Heraklion with a delay of about 4.5 hours.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Frankfurt for about 4 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Discover Airlines

Flight number
4Y-1204

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Heraklion, Greece

Aircraft Registration
D-AIUQ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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