The pilots of a Boeing 777 were confronted with “flight control instability” on Monday.
The Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) announced on Wednesday that it was investigating to determine the causes of the “serious incident“, which occurred at the beginning of April from an Air France Boeing 777, in the landing phase at Roissy when the pilots were confronted with a “flight control instability“.
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“Instability of flight controls on final, go-around, harsh controls and trajectory oscillations, @BEA_Aero opens a safety investigation» on the «serious incident“, Tuesday morning at Paris-Charles De Gaulle, indicates the BEA on Twitter. In international civil aviation nomenclature, a serious incident is a “incident the circumstances of which indicate that there has been a high probability of an accident“. The classification of the incident as “serious” is due in particular to the fact that he intervened “in the approach phase, where there is the most risk“, with the take-off phase, according to a source close to the BEA. This type of survey isregularlyopened by the BEA, according to this source, specifying that the incident in question did not cause any injuries.
For its part, Air Franceconfirms that the crew of flight AF011 on April 4, 2022 connecting New York JFK to Paris-CDG in B777 interrupted their landing sequence and performed a go-around during the approach to Paris-Charles de Gaulle“, According to a statement sent to AFP. “The crew landed the aircraft normally after a second approach“, adds the company. Audio excerpts of exchanges between the cockpit and the control tower posted on the internet testify to the incident. “stop, stopsaid one of the pilots to his colleague, in a stressed voice. “I remember you“, he then said to the control tower which contacted him. “We’ve gone around, 4000 feet (about 1300 meters), we’ll hold them, we’ll call you back“, he says then. The flight data visible on the FlightRadar site indicate that the plane was shortly before at 400 meters altitude.
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“We went around so, flight control problem, the plane did almost anything“, explains the pilot to the tower once the situation has stabilized. According to Air France, “the go-around is defined by the authorities, the aeronautical manufacturers and Air France as a normal procedure which goes in the direction of safety“. “Crews are trained and regularly practiced in these procedures practiced by all airlines in order to guarantee the safety of flights and passengers, which are absolute imperatives for Air France.“, adds the company which”understands and regrets the discomfort that may have been felt by customers. The black boxes containing the flight data recording (FDR) and cockpit voice recording (CVR) have been recovered and are “under analysis”, according to the BEA.
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