01 Legal Stuff (Copyright, Distribution, Disclaimer)
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ifdg_a320-airinter.ZIP is copyright by: Matteo Arrotta, 2006.
ifdg_a320-airinter.ZIP is released as Freeware. No restrictions for use and redistribution
apply other than:
No charges must be made for redistribution of this archive or any archive based
on this archive other than those to cover the distributor´s costs. That means for
example, but not exclusively, that this aircraft or a repainted version may not
be redistributed, if profits are made or aimed at by selling the distribution media.
ifdg_a320-airinter.ZIP is released "as is". It has been tested with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.
No claims whatsoever may be made to the author.
02 About the Aircraft
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Airbus A320-111 of Air Inter (F-GGED) crashed on 20 january 1992 in Mount St. Odile, near Strasbourg, France.
Following an uneventful flight from Lyons the crew prepared for a descent and approach to Strasbourg.
At first the crew asked for an ILS approach to runway 26 followed by a visual circuit to land on runway 05.
This was not possible because of departing traffic from runway 26. The Strasbourg controllers then gave
flight 148 radar guidance to ANDLO at 11DME from the Strasbourg VORTAC. Altitude over ANDLO was 5000 feet.
After ANDLO the VOR/DME approach profile calls for a 5.5% slope (3.3deg angle of descent) to the Strasbourg
VORTAC. While trying to program the angle of descent, "-3.3", into the Flight Control Unit (FCU) the crew
did not notice that it was in HDG/V/S (heading/vertical speed) mode. In vertical speed mode "-3.3" means a
descent rate of 3300 feet/min. In TRK/FPA (track/flight path angle) mode this would have meant a (correct)
-3.3deg descent angle. A -3.3deg descent angle corresponds with an 800 feet/min rate of descent. The Vosges
mountains near Strasbourg were in clouds above 2000 feet, with tops of the layer reaching about 6400 feet
when flight 148 started descending from ANDLO. At about 3nm from ANDLO the aircraft struck trees and impacted
a 2710 feet high ridge at the 2620 feet level near Mt. Saint-Odile. Because the aircraft was not GPWS-equipped,
the crew were not warned.(source: aviation safety network)
Dedicate to 89 victims of accident and their families (look:http://www.association-echo.com/).
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Matteo Arrotta
Torino (Italy), 20 May 2006
For more infos or problems with installation, contact me: m.arrotta@libero.it
