Interim Report BFU17-0024-2X: CL60 & A388 en route Arabian Sea 7 Jan 2017

Interim Report BFU17-0024-2X: CL60 & A388 en route Arabian Sea 7 Jan 2017

Publication info
Author
BFU (Germany)
Category
Loss of Control Wake Vortex Turbulence
Date of publication
30/05/2017

On 7 January 2017, the crew of a Bombardier Challenger en route at FL340 over international waters between India and the Arabian Peninsula temporarily lost control of their aircraft approximately one minute after an Airbus A380 had passed 1,000 feet above them tracking in the opposite direction. The Investigation is ongoing but has noted that both aircraft were in compliance with their air traffic clearances, that a major height loss occurred during loss of control with some occupants sustaining serious injuries and that after successfully diverting, the structure of the aircraft was found to have been damaged beyond economic repair.

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