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Old 12th November 2010 | 19:25
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A321 out of control after generator fault

AVHerald reports an A321, G-MEDJ of BMI, flight BD996, went out of control after having electrical problems with its generator #1: Report: BMI A321 over northern Sudan on Aug 24th 2010, electrical problems

A BMI Airbus A321-200, registration G-MEDJ performing flight BD-996 from Khartoum (Sudan) to Beirut (Lebanon) with 42 passengers and 7 crew, was enroute at FL360 overhead northern Sudan when the crew noticed a number of electrical problems, the most significant being the intermittent repeated failure of both the captain's and the first officer's electronic displays, the uncommanded application of left rudder trim and unexpected reactions of the aircraft to flight control inputs. Following an ECAM message "ELEC 1 GEN FAULT" message the crew shut the left hand generator down after which normal operation was restored. The flight continued to Beirut for a safe landing.
Quite a serious incident imho.
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