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INCIDENT: ARMAVIA A320 NEAR TIBLISI ON JAN 11TH 2009, TURBULENCE AT CRUISE LEVEL THOUGHT TO BE A380 WAKE
By Simon Hradecky
The Aviation Herald
http://avherald.com/h?article=4133e3a4
Jan 12 2009
Austria
An Armavia Airbus A320-200, flight U8-968 from Sochi (Russia) to
Yerevan (Armenia), was enroute about 30nm north of Tiblisi (Georgia),
when the airplane encountered severe clear air turbulence, which
caused the autopilot to disconnect and threw the airplane into steep
banks three times. The crew managed to regain control of the airplane
and completed the flight without further incident. No injuries have
been reported.
Armavia reported, that their aircraft was cruising 1000 feet below
an Emirates Airbus A380-800 registration A6-EDB flight EK-201 enroute
from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to New York,NY (USA) and suspects,
that the turbulence was caused by wake vortices created by the A380.
By Simon Hradecky
The Aviation Herald
http://avherald.com/h?article=4133e3a4
Jan 12 2009
Austria
An Armavia Airbus A320-200, flight U8-968 from Sochi (Russia) to
Yerevan (Armenia), was enroute about 30nm north of Tiblisi (Georgia),
when the airplane encountered severe clear air turbulence, which
caused the autopilot to disconnect and threw the airplane into steep
banks three times. The crew managed to regain control of the airplane
and completed the flight without further incident. No injuries have
been reported.
Armavia reported, that their aircraft was cruising 1000 feet below
an Emirates Airbus A380-800 registration A6-EDB flight EK-201 enroute
from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to New York,NY (USA) and suspects,
that the turbulence was caused by wake vortices created by the A380.