#Airbus cockpit register upgrade#

The A319 was repaired and returned to service, the DC-9 was written off. Six people were injured and both planes were substantially damaged. After landing, the captain shut down one of the plane's engines, inadvertently disabling the remaining working hydraulic system. The DC-9 suffered a malfunction in one of its hydraulic systems in flight. On, a Northwest Airlines DC-9 collided on the ground with a Northwest Airlines Airbus A319 that had just pushed back from the gate at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.The Airbus was damaged beyond repair and written off. While being taxied from a maintenance area to the gate, the aircraft struck the gate and a Boeing 757, collapsing the nose gear. On 19 January 2003, a Northwest Airlines Airbus A319-114 registered as N313NB, was damaged by maintenance personnel at LaGuardia Airport, Queens, New York, U.S.Through 2015, the Airbus A320 family has experienced 0.12 fatal hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs, and 0.26 total hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs one of the lowest fatality rates of any airliner.

UPS expects to have its entire 51-strong fleet of Airbus widebodies converted by peak season of 2022.For the entire A320 family, 160 aviation accidents and incidents have occurred (the latest accident with fatalities being Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 on ), including 37 hull loss accidents, and a total of 1505 fatalities in 17 fatal accidents.

#Airbus cockpit register upgrade#

This is the first time such a complex upgrade has been performed on the A300.

Nevertheless, 50 years in aviation still makes us a relatively young company, and that pioneering spirit still inhabits the A300/A310 team and Airbus as a whole.”

Olivier Criou, VP head of the A300/A310 programme, and chief engineer, commented in Mobile: “I am proud that after 50 years since the launch of the A300 programme, the aircraft undergoes a fantastic refresh and reaches state-of-the-art functionality for UPS’ operation. The most noticeable additions to the flight deck are the four large LCD displays. In terms of the overall strategy, the Airbus cockpit upgrade with the Honeywell avionics really allows us to continue using an asset and unlocking the most efficient operational capability.” Other new ‘under the hood’ items include a new flight management system (FMS), support for a worldwide navigation database, a new multi-mode receiver (MMR) incorporating the latest GPS-based satellite navigation systems, a digital datalink for communications with air traffic control (ATC), a central maintenance computer and a digital weather radar system with turbulence detection and windshear prediction.Įd Walton, managing director of engineering at UPS Airlines said on the day of the handover: “The A300 design has the perfect capacity for the US domestic ‘express’ market, it’s a great airplane in terms of how it fits into our network. The avionic suite has been manufactuered by Honeywell Aerospace. The four large 25x20cm LCD main displays and the new colour multi-function control and display unit (MCDU), which replace several analogue instruments, are the most immediately visible changes to grace the A300-600’s upgraded instrument panel. Key to achieving this is the advanced new integrated avionics suite supplied by Honeywell. The enhancements transform the flight deck of the A300-600 and bring it close to current generation aircraft. On February 3, the twinjet was redelivered to the Louisville firm and was transferred onto the US register under its previous identifier. The widebody, N173UP (c/n 868) was first handed over to the operator in June 2006 and was withdrawn from use and leased to the airframer in March 2019 when it was reregistered as F-WWSX.Īirbus produced the A300 between 19.

The jet gained increased capabilities and flexibility through a comprehensive flight deck modernisation programmeĮuropean aircraft manufacturer Airbus has redelivered it first A300 to US cargo carrier UPS Airlines after completing a cockpit upgrade programme.