Air Berlin A332 at Munich on May 5th 2012, tired crew declared PAN
Last Update: July 20, 2012 / 15:42:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-9721
Departure
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The German Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA) confirmed the incident and reported they are investigating the occurrence.
On Jun 19th 2012 the German BFU stated the occurrence has been reported to the BFU and the BFU have opened an investigation, first information is to be released in the monthly bulletin published in July 2012.
On Jun 20th the French BEA reported the German BFU is investigating because of crew incapacitation during flight.
In their monthly bulletin the German BFU reported on Jul 20th 2012, that both flight crew suddenly felt intense tiredness, they were no longer able to correctly read back instructions to ATC, they no longer felt able to add numbers and it became increasingly difficult to think clearly. The crew therefore declared PAN PAN PAN reporting "... WE HAVE AH EXTREME AH CREW FATIQUE ..." and advised they wanted to perform an automatic landing. The remainder of the flight were without further incidents. The BFU stated that the captain advised the BFU the PAN was mainly a precaution to ensure protections for the automatic landing were in place. The captain did not want to make any further statements to the BFU.
Metars:
EDDM 050950Z 27012KT 9999 SCT026 SCT050 BKN120 15/09 Q1006 NOSIG
EDDM 050920Z 27014KT 9999 FEW025 SCT060 BKN120 15/09 Q1006 NOSIG
EDDM 050850Z 27012KT 9999 FEW025 SCT060 BKN090 15/10 Q1006 NOSIG
EDDM 050820Z 27013KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1006 NOSIG
EDDM 050750Z 26010KT CAVOK 14/09 Q1005 NOSIG
EDDM 050720Z 26010KT CAVOK 14/09 Q1005 NOSIG
EDDM 050650Z 26010KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1005 NOSIG
EDDM 050620Z 27009KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1005 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 5, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-9721
Departure
Palma Mallorca, Spain
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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