Investigation Report, Loss of separation event, A380 and A320, Frankfurt Germany, 13 Dec 2011

Investigation Report, Loss of separation event, A380 and A320, Frankfurt Germany, 13 Dec 2011

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Author
BFU (Germany)
Category
Accident Reports Human Factors Wake Vortex Turbulence Loss of Separation

On 13 December 2011, an Airbus 320 was allowed to depart from runway 25C at Frankfurt on a left turning SID just prior to the touchdown of an A380 on runway 25L. The A380 had then initiated a low go around which put it above, ahead of and parallel to the A320 with a closest proximity of 1nm / 200 ft, in breach of the applicable wake vortex separation minima of 7nm / 1000ft. The Investigation found that there had been no actual encounter with the A380 wake vortices but that systemic ATC operational risk management was inadequate.

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