Created Tuesday, Aug 27th 2024 13:28Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 27th 2024 19:53Z
An Air Arabia Maroc Airbus A320-200, registration CN-NMP performing flight
3O-137 from Tetouan (Morocco) to Brussels (Belgium) with 174 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 20nm southeast of Madrid,SP (Spain) when the crew decided to divert to Madrid after the aircraft's Fly by Wire reverted to Alternate Law associated with the loss of both autopilots and autothrust. The aircraft landed safely on Madrid's runway 32R about 50 minutes after leaving FL380.
The aircraft was able to continue the flight after about 3.5 hours on the ground and reached Brussels with a delay of about 4.5 hours.
According to information The Aviation Herald received one of the three ADIRUs was found faulty. Later additional information emerged, that the aircraft had been dispatched with ADR3 had been inoperative and the aircraft was operating under minimum equipment list requirements.
