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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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SAFETY INVESTIGATION REPORT www.bea.aero Accident to the Airbus A320-214 registered F-HBNJ on Wednesday 20 August 2025 in descent to Ajaccio (Corsica) Time Around 12:151 Operator Air France Type of flight Passenger commercial air transport Persons on board Captain (PF2
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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request to the operator's operational unit at the airport. Figure 1: flight path of F-HBNJ from start of flight over sea - 4 -
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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transport. 2.3.2 FDR information Several types of information were not recorded in the FDR of F-HBNJ. They would have clarified certain elements of the investigation: � the airborne weather radar parameters: tilt and gain18 (see paragraph 2.4.3); � the airborne
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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airborne radar in the Air France A320 family is as follows: � 75% manual radars (case of F-HBNJ); � 25% multiscan radars. The operator explained this difference with respect to the world fleet by the policy of replacing the A320
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Figure 4: detectability according to tilt (source: Airbus) The radar on F-HBNJ was tested at the manufacturer's, Collins Aerospace. No failure that might have contributed to the accident sequence was brought to light. As there was no recording, it was
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authorities and manufacturers promote the EDR function. There was no EDR report in the area. F-HBNJ was not equipped with the EDR function. The operator specified that the EDR function is deployed on its Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 fleets.
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