Air France A388 at New York on Oct 11th 2010, oversped flaps during go-around
Last Update: August 29, 2013 / 22:27:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2010
Classification
Report
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-6
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
F-HPJA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
The BEA analysed in their ASAGA Safety Study, pages 32 and 33, that researched safety relevant tendencies during go-arounds:
The small difference between the decision altitudes (editorial note: 500 feet AGL) and the recovery altitude (editorial note: 1000 feet MSL) for the goaround gave the crew little time to manage the rapid rise of a light aircraft with high thrust.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 11, 2010
Classification
Report
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-6
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
F-HPJA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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