Incident: US Airways A333 over Atlantic on Nov 17th 2009, computer issues

[700UW]

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[N924PS]

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The flight returned to PHL after a bit more than two hours enroute.

Not sure what the issue was but the aircraft departed for MAD with the same crew just more than two hours after arriving in PHL and arrived in MAD without incident.

 

[nycbusdriver]

The flight returned to PHL after a bit more than two hours enroute.

Not sure what the issue was but the aircraft departed for MAD with the same crew just more than two hours after arriving in PHL and arrived in MAD without incident.

Same crew. But was it the same airplane?

 

[N924PS]

Same crew. But was it the same airplane?

Yes. A/C 278.

 

[birdstrike]

Yes. A/C 278.

AUTO FLT: FCU FAULT APPEARED PRIOR TO OCEANIC FLT. STATUS MSG: P
ART FCU. REPLACED #1 F.M.G.E.C.

 

[N924PS]

AUTO FLT: FCU FAULT APPEARED PRIOR TO OCEANIC FLT. STATUS MSG: P
ART FCU. REPLACED #1 F.M.G.E.C.

Thanks.

Love your Constellation avatar. What a grand looking machine.

 

[phasersonstun2]

Much ado about well, almost nothing. Airbus has several different flight control computers that overlap duties (redundant). Even if the aircraft failed into alternate law, it was ok for flight. The flight can continue to diversion safely in alternate law. Usually the replacement of a FAC computer or a SEC computer is all that is needed.