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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 2012 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Airbus A319-111 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GRHU |
| MSN: | 1471 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B5/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) -
 Tunisia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 24 March 2012, an Air France Airbus A319 Captain continued descent towards destination Tunis at high speed with the landing runway in sight well beyond the point where a stabilised approach was possible. With 5nm to go, airspeed was over 100 KIAS above the applicable VApp and the aircraft was descending at over 4000fpm with flaps zero. EGPWS activations for Sink Rate, PULL UP and Too Low Terrain apparently went unnoticed but at 400 feet agl, ATC granted a crew request for a 360° turn. The subsequent approach/landing was without further event.
CONCLUSION
The unstabilised approach was due to:
- The crew’s decision to undertake and continue an approach that required a glide path interception from above in conditions that did not offer a high chance of success;
- Sloppy CRM in terms of planning and cooperation, after a change of runway that made it impossible for the crew to:
* define and apply a strategy that would make it possible to adapt the flight path in an appropriate manner;
* share sufficiently early the decision criteria for a missed approach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/2764.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7368532 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2009 | F-GRHU | Air France | 0 | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2025 21:31 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 11-Jun-2025 21:32 | Justanormalperson | Updated |
| 12-Jun-2025 05:26 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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