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A320-212 Gulf Air [A4O-EK]

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Auto Credit Based on RepublicOfCursedPlanes's A320-200 | Gulf Air Flight 072

Control

Ag1 - Arm Speed brakes (requires gear down)
Ag2-4 - Strobe/Landing/Cabin Lights
Ag5 - Open front left door (Requires not moving)
AG6 - Pushback
AG8 - Engines, Nav/Taxi/Beacon lights

Credits:

Thanks to @RepublicOfCursedPlanes for making the stripes in the tail.
Thanks to @CoachPickles86 for borrowing the bird logo, so i dont have to expirience lag from taking it.
Thanks to @GalacticAsia for the aircraft

About Gulf Air:

Gulf Air (Arabic: ????? ??????, romanized: ?ayaran al-Khalij) is the state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Bahrain, which was founded in 1950 by British Pilot Freddie Bosworth as Gulf Aviation. Headquartered in Muharraq, the airline operates scheduled flights to 54 destinations in 28 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The airline's main hub is Bahrain International Airport.

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Gulf Air currently serves all its destinations with a combination of the narrow body jets Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A320neo and Airbus A321neo, as well as the wide body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Gulf Air is the sponsor of the Bahrain Grand Prix and Bahrain International Airshow. It has been certified with 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by Skytrax, becoming one of just sixteen airlines and only the third airline in the world and in the Middle East respectively to currently achieve this top recognition. Dubai–International is the busiest route served by the airline, with over 95 flights a week back and forth.

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A Gulf Air Airbus A320-200

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A Gulf Air Airbus A320-200

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About Gulf Air Flight 072:

Gulf Air Flight 072 (GF072/GFA072) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Bahrain International Airport in Bahrain, operated by Gulf Air. On 23 August 2000 at 19:30 Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3), the Airbus A320 crashed minutes after executing a go-around upon failed attempt to land on Runway 12. The flight crew suffered from spatial disorientation during the go-around and crashed into the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf 2 km (1 nmi) from the airport. All 143 people on board the aircraft were killed.

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A4O-EK, the aircraft involved, 1999

The crash of Flight 072 remains the deadliest aviation accident in Bahraini territory, and was the deadliest accident involving an Airbus A320 at the time, which was later surpassed by TAM Airlines Flight 3054, which crashed on 17 July 2007 with 199 fatalities.

The final report was issued on 15 August 2002, concluded that the individual factors contributed to the accident was non adherence to a number of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and loss of spatial and situational awareness by the aircraft crew during the approach and final phases of the flight. A number of systemic factors were also contributed to the accident, including deficiency in crew resource management (CRM) training by Gulf Air and safety oversights by the Directorate General Of Civil Aviation and Meteorology of Oman.

Aircraft:

Flight 072 was operated with an Airbus A320-212, serial number 481, registration A4O-EK. It was first flown on 16 May 1994, and was delivered new to Gulf Air in September 1994. The aircraft was powered by two CFM International CFM56-5A3 engines. It had accumulated more than 17,000 hours in 14,000 cycles before the crash. Its last maintenance was conducted on 17–18 August 2000. The aircraft was in compliance with all applicable airworthiness directives for the airframe and engines.

Accident:

Flight 072 departed from Cairo at 16:52 local time with 143 passengers and crew on board. The aircraft approached the landing at higher speeds than normal, initially at 313 knots (580 km/h; 360 mph) and then decreasing to 272 knots (504 km/h; 313 mph). At 19:22 Dammam approach gave the flight approval for self navigation to land on runway 02. First officer Al Alawi then contacted Bahrain approach, informing that they would be landing on runway 02. The approach was too high and the flight crew carried out an unusual low altitude orbit in an attempt to correct the approach. 15–16,?87? The orbit was unsuccessful and a go-around was attempted. While carrying out a turning climb, the aircraft entered a descent at 15 degrees nose down. The ground proximity warning system (GPWS) activated, first sounding a "sink rate" alarm and then nine "whoop whoop pull up" alarms, which continued to sound until impact. The aircrew did not respond to repeated GPWS warnings and approximately one minute after starting the go-around the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. At 19:30:02, the aircraft crashed into the sea. There were no survivors.

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United States Navy sailors assisting with the salvage operations of Gulf Air Flight 072

Investigarion:

The accident investigation concluded that the primary cause of the crash was pilot error (including spatial disorientation), with a secondary factor being systemic organizational and oversight issues

The investigation showed that no single factor was responsible for the accident to GF-072. The accident was the result of a fatal combination of many contributory factors, both at the individual and systemic levels.

The individual factors particularly during the approach and final phases of the flight were:
The captain did not adhere to a number of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), such as:
significantly higher than standard aircraft speeds during the descent and the first approach
not stabilising the approach on the correct approach path; performing an orbit, a non-standard maneuver, close to the runway at low altitude
not performing the correct go-around procedure
other related items
In spite of a number of deviations from the standard flight parameters and profile, the first officer (PNF) did not call them out, or draw the attention of the captain to them, as required by SOPs.
A perceptual study indicated that during the go-around after the orbit, it appears that the flight crew experienced spatial disorientation, which could have caused the captain to perceive (falsely) that the aircraft was 'pitching up'. He responded by making a 'nose-down' input, and as a result, the aircraft descended and flew into the shallow sea.
Neither the captain nor the first officer perceived, or effectively responded to, the threat of increasing proximity to the ground, in spite of repeated hard GPWS warnings.
The systemic factors, identified at the time of the above accident, which could have led to the above individual factors, were:
Organisational factors (Gulf Air):
A lack of training in CRM contributing to the flight crew not performing as an effective team in operating the aircraft.
Inadequacy in the airline's A320 training programmes, such as: adherence to SOPs, CFIT, and GPWS responses.
The airline's flight data analysis system was not functioning satisfactorily, and the flight safety department had a number of deficiencies.
Cases of non-compliance, and inadequate or slow responses in taking corrective actions to rectify them, on the part of the airline in some critical regulatory areas, were identified during three years preceding the accident.
Safety oversight factors:
A review of about three years preceding the accident indicated that despite intensive efforts, the DGCAM as a regulatory authority could not make the operator comply with some critical regulatory requirements.

The chairperson of the accident investigation board adopted the report on 10 July 2002. The investigation showed that during the go-around, as the captain was dealing with the flap over-speed situation, he applied a nose-down side-stick input, resulting in a nose-down pitch. While the aircraft was accelerating with TOGA power in total darkness, the somatogravic illusion could have caused the captain to perceive (falsely) that the aircraft was 'pitching up'. He would have responded by making a 'nose down' input. The aircraft descended and flew into the sea.

Aftermath:

After the accident, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, the Emir of Bahrain, declared three days of national mourning.

Gulf Air retired the Flight 072 (GF072) flight number and replaced it with Flight 070 (GF070) for inbound flights from Cairo to Bahrain.

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor A320-200 | Gulf Air Flight 072
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 112.0ft (34.1m)
  • Length 123.3ft (37.6m)
  • Height 43.9ft (13.4m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 44,098lbs (20,002kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.571
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.068
  • Wing Loading 28.1lbs/ft2 (137.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,571.5ft2 (146.0m2)
  • Drag Points 13582

Parts

  • Number of Parts 559
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 3,258
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