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Emirates A380 Pilots Can’t Make Certain Approaches In Australia
Emirates Airbus A380 pilots do not have permission to make particular types of approaches when flying to Australia and New Zealand. Australian authorities share that two separate incidents in Melbourne during the summer of 2016 led to this decision. (simpleflying.com) Mais...
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The first of the incidents happened on June 25th, 2016. On this date, an A380, conducting flight EK407, was arriving from Dubai when it descended below the minimum assigned altitude for a standard arrival route.
ATSB states that a key reason why the Dubai-based carrier went lower than expected was that it understood the approach differently to ground workers. A report by the group that was published on May 6th shows that the profile view of the approach charts used by Emirates varies from that of Australia’s ATC.
The first of the incidents happened on June 25th, 2016. On this date, an A380, conducting flight EK407, was arriving from Dubai when it descended below the minimum assigned altitude for a standard arrival route.
ATSB states that a key reason why the Dubai-based carrier went lower than expected was that it understood the approach differently to ground workers. A report by the group that was published on May 6th shows that the profile view of the approach charts used by Emirates varies from that of Australia’s ATC.
