Final Report A320 (SX-ODS) vicinity Muscat Oman, 28 January 2019

Final Report A320 (SX-ODS) vicinity Muscat Oman, 28 January 2019

Publication info
Author
AAIASB Greece
Category
Accident Reports Human Factors
Date of publication
30/06/2021

On 28 January 2019, an Airbus A320 became unstabilised below 1000 feet when continuation of an ILS approach at Muscat with insufficient thrust resulted in increasing pitch which eventually triggered an automatic thrust intervention which facilitated completion of a normal landing. The Investigation found that having temporarily taken control from the First Officer due to failure to follow radar vectors to the ILS, the Captain had then handed control back with the First Officer unaware that the autothrust had been disconnected. The context for this was identified as a comprehensive failure to follow multiple operational procedures and practice meaningful CRM. 

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