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Wake turbulence from
an Emirates A380 jetliner sent a Challenger 604 business jet -
flying 1,000ft beneath it - into an uncontrolled roll, flipping it
upside down three times [possibly five] and causing it to plummet
thousands of feet.
The incident,
reported this week by The Aviation Herald, occurred over the
Arabian Sea on January 7th.
The Emirates Airbus
A380-800 was at FL350, 630nm southeast of Muscat and about 820nm
northwest of the Maldives - en route from Dubai to Sydney - when the
business jet passed underneath in the opposite direction.
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Challenger
604 | Library photo. |
The crew of the
business jet, an MHS Aviation (Munich) Canadair Challenger 604
flying from Male (Maldives) to Abu Dhabi with 9 people on board,
observed the Airbus passing 1,000 feet above. After passing
underneath, they lost control of the aircraft as a result of wake
turbulence from the A380.
The crew managed to
regain control using "raw muscle force", but only after losing about
10,000ft. The airframe experienced very high G-Loads during the
upset and a number of occupants received injuries.
After stabilising the
aircraft, the Challenger crew diverted to Muscat (Oman) where the
occupants were taken to a hospital. One was reported with serious
injuries. The aircraft received
damage beyond repair and has been written off.
The A380 continued
the flight to Sydney without any apparent incident and landed
safely.
Detailed report
from The Aviation Herald |
