Air Berlin A332 near Amsterdam on Apr 3rd 2013, navigation system problems
Last Update: April 4, 2013 / 16:26:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-7430
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
About 2.5 hours after landing the aircraft departed for a test flight (with positioning callsign), climbed to 8000 feet and returned to Cologne landing about 40 minutes after departure.
The aircraft resumed the journey to Los Angeles another 3:15 hours later and reached Los Angeles with a delay of 7:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-7430
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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