Germanwings A319 enroute on Mar 19th 2017, aircraft started descent uncommandedly two times
Last Update: June 26, 2017 / 14:28:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-493
Departure
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Destination
Cologne/Bonn, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Germany's BFU reported on Jun 26th 2017 that the occurrence had not been reported to them.
The aircraft remained on the ground for 3 days for the subsequently engineering investigation including involvement by Airbus before returning to service. The history of the occurrence 3 days earlier, see Incident: Germanwings A319 enroute on Mar 16th 2017, speed scale removed from PFD 3 times, was included in the investigation and considerations. As result of the engineering investigation, that examined both flight management and guidance systems (FMGS) both testing okay, the FMGS #1 as well as another Air Data Module were replaced on recommendation by Airbus.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Germanwings
Flight number
4U-493
Departure
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Destination
Cologne/Bonn, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AGWG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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