Description

On 5 June 2007, a McDonnell Douglas MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-83 being flown by Austrian charter operator MAP on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight from Lanzarote to Barcelona for Spanish Airline Air Plus Comet failed to follow a normal trajectory after take off in day Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) and developed violent roll oscillations. As speed increased, this stopped and a return to land was made without further event. None of the 146 occupants were injured and the aircraft was undamaged.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Spanish Accident Investigation Board, the CIAIAC. FDR and CVR data were available to aid reconstruction of the event and a full readout was made.