BEA status till April 5th
Accident to the Airbus A320-211 registered D-AIPX, flight GWI18G, on 24 March 2015
INFORMATION ON 3 APRIL 2015
The aeroplane's Flight Data Recorder (FDR) was brought to the BEA's premises yesterday evening. The BEA team started opening operations as soon as it arrived.
The initial readout shows that the pilot present in the cockpit used the autopilot to put the aeroplane into a descent towards an altitude of 100 ft then, on several occasions during the descent, the pilot modified the autopilot setting to increase the speed of the aeroplane in descent.
Work is continuing to establish the precise history of the flight.