Airbus A330-201 F-GRSQ

Summary

On 26 December 2014, a Airbus A330-201 registered F-GRSQ was involved in an incident near Athens, Greece, Greece. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 December 2014

Classification

Incident

Location

Athens, Greece, Greece

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A330-201

Registration

F-GRSQ

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG15WA019

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On 12/26/2014 an Airbus A330 operated by XL Airways took off from La Réunion (Indian Ocean) to Marseille (France). The information provided by the three inertial reference systems became successively unavailable, leading autopilot + auto-thrust to disconnect, and attitude and navigation information to be lost. The crew diverted to Athens (Greece) using back-up instruments and flight controls direct law and landed uneventfully in good weather conditions. The incident is being investigated by the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile (BEA). The NTSB has been appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the BEA in the investigation as the state of design of the Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU). All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the BEA at: Aéroport du Bourget Zone Sud – Btiment 153 200 rue de Paris 93352 Le Bourget Cedex France Tél. : +33 1 49 92 72 00 Fax : +33 1 49 92 72 03 Website: www.bea.aero

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.