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During my apprenticeship at Airbus we often joked about how the A380 is able to blast smaller aircrafts out of the sky. It was a joke often brought on but based on some events that usually dont make it public.
Few days it happened again. A german busines sjet passed an A380 when it was caught by its powerful wake turbulence. It was flipped upside down several times and went into a uncontrolled dive. Pilots gained back control after losing 10.000 feet altitude. The aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Oman and is damaged beyond repair.
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357333
"According to information The Aviation Herald received on March 4th 2017 the CL-604 passed 1000 feet below an Airbus A380-800 while enroute over the Arabian Sea, when a short time later (1-2 minutes) the aircraft encountered wake turbulence sending the aircraft in uncontrolled roll turning the aircraft around at least 3 times (possibly even 5 times), both engines flamed out, the Ram Air Turbine could not deploy possibly as result of G-forces and structural stress, the aircraft lost about 10,000 feet until the crew was able to recover the aircraft exercising raw muscle force, restart the engines and divert to Muscat."
There were several incidents already.
Incident: Virgin Australia B738 near Bali on Sep 14th 2012, wake turbulence from A380
Incident: Air France A320 and Emirates A388 near Frankfurt on Oct 14th 2011, wake turbulence
Accident: British Airways A320 and Qantas A388 near Braunschweig on Oct 16th 2011, wake turbulence injures 4
Report: Antonov A124, Singapore A388 and Air France B744 near Frankfurt on Feb 10th 2011, wake turbulence by A388 causes TCAS RA
Report: REX SF34 at Sydney on Nov 3rd 2008, wake turbulence injures one
Incident: Armavia A320 near Tiblisi on Jan 11th 2009, turbulence at cruise level thought to be A380 wake.
So far no life was lost yet but investigators are checking this. I find it crazy how long it takes them to change something. This problem is known for years and i wonder what they are waiting for.
We need new seperation standards fpr such Giga Liners with 2000 feet minimum safety distance. This would put some stress on flight control and narrow profits but its necessary.
The A380 is an enormous aircraft with an enormous power. I guess few can judge its true size:
Few days it happened again. A german busines sjet passed an A380 when it was caught by its powerful wake turbulence. It was flipped upside down several times and went into a uncontrolled dive. Pilots gained back control after losing 10.000 feet altitude. The aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Oman and is damaged beyond repair.
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357333
"According to information The Aviation Herald received on March 4th 2017 the CL-604 passed 1000 feet below an Airbus A380-800 while enroute over the Arabian Sea, when a short time later (1-2 minutes) the aircraft encountered wake turbulence sending the aircraft in uncontrolled roll turning the aircraft around at least 3 times (possibly even 5 times), both engines flamed out, the Ram Air Turbine could not deploy possibly as result of G-forces and structural stress, the aircraft lost about 10,000 feet until the crew was able to recover the aircraft exercising raw muscle force, restart the engines and divert to Muscat."
There were several incidents already.
Incident: Virgin Australia B738 near Bali on Sep 14th 2012, wake turbulence from A380
Incident: Air France A320 and Emirates A388 near Frankfurt on Oct 14th 2011, wake turbulence
Accident: British Airways A320 and Qantas A388 near Braunschweig on Oct 16th 2011, wake turbulence injures 4
Report: Antonov A124, Singapore A388 and Air France B744 near Frankfurt on Feb 10th 2011, wake turbulence by A388 causes TCAS RA
Report: REX SF34 at Sydney on Nov 3rd 2008, wake turbulence injures one
Incident: Armavia A320 near Tiblisi on Jan 11th 2009, turbulence at cruise level thought to be A380 wake.
So far no life was lost yet but investigators are checking this. I find it crazy how long it takes them to change something. This problem is known for years and i wonder what they are waiting for.
We need new seperation standards fpr such Giga Liners with 2000 feet minimum safety distance. This would put some stress on flight control and narrow profits but its necessary.
The A380 is an enormous aircraft with an enormous power. I guess few can judge its true size:
