Passenger plane 'seconds from disaster' over London

JoAILES · Post by **JoAILES** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:31

A packed jumbo jet was forced into a series of steep dives over London by instrument failure.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... 6&ito=1490

regi · Post by **regi** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:09

very nice report, but which airline?

Thor · Post by **Thor** » 29 Sep 2006, 10:50

El Al / LY

Bilboone · Post by **Bilboone** » 29 Sep 2006, 11:33

Full report can be read on the AAIB website.

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/cms_r ... 4X-ELS.pdf

Fault looks to be a ILS beam error, no real fault was found on aircraft or on the ILS ground equipment.

also the report say's :

In this incident, the risk was minimal because visibility
below the 1,500 ft cloud base would have permitted the
flight crew to gain visual contact with terrain in good
time to avoid any Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)
hazard. Had the cloud base been lower, the aircraft’s
GPWS should also have provided a timely warning of
proximity to the ground.

So not really seconds from disaster senario....