AirAsia X A333 near Kuala Lumpur on Feb 8th 2015, autothrust failure

Last Update: February 8, 2015 / 19:35:28 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
AirAsia X

Flight number
D7-172

Aircraft Registration
9M-XXG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An AirAsia X Airbus A330-300, registration 9M-XXG performing flight D7-172 from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with 371 people on board, had just reached cruise level 300 about 110nm westnorthwest of Kuala Lumpur when the crew entered a hold to work the checklists on the failure of an autothrottle and subsequently decided to return to Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft burned off fuel and landed safely back about 4:45 hours after departure.

A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration 9M-XXD is estimated to reach Jeddah with a delay of 7 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
AirAsia X

Flight number
D7-172

Aircraft Registration
9M-XXG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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