A310

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A310
Name	A-310
Manufacturer	AIRBUS
Body	Wide
Type	Fixed Wing
WTC	Heavy
APC	C
Engine	Jet
Engine count	Multi
Also manufacturered as: AIRBUS A-310 AIRBUS CC-150 Polaris AIRBUS Polaris AIRBUS Elite

AIRBUS A-310

Image source: IANS

Description

Long range wide-body airliner. Offers the same engines as the longer A306 suited for mid range operations. With both powerplants, the A300-600 and A310 are fully certified for up to 180 minutes extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS), which permits their use on routes over water and across remote regions of the globe. Total of 255 aircraft produced, 228 still remain in service (August 2006).

General

Aircraft name	A-310
ICAO code/WTC	A310 / H
Manufacturer	AIRBUS
Type Code/APC	L2J / C

Technical Data

Wing span	43.9 m144.029 ft
Length	46.66 m153.084 ft
Heigth	15.8 m51.837 ft
Powerplant	2 x 233 kN GE CF6-50-C2 or 2 x 234 kN P&W JT9D-59A1T turbofans.
Engine Model	General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney JT9D

For further details consult EUROCONTROL Aircraft Performance Database:

• AIRBUS A-310

Accidents & Serious Incidents involving A310

• A310 / B736, en-route, Southern Norway, 2001 (LB LOS HF) (On 21 February 2001, a level bust 10 nm north of Oslo Airport by a climbing PIA A310 led to loss of separation with an SAS B736 in which response to a TCAS RA by the A310 not being in accordance with its likely activation (descend). The B736 received and correctly actioned a Climb RA.)
• A310, Irkutsk Russia, 2006 (RE HF FIRE AW) (On 8 July 2006, S7 Airlines A310 overran the runway on landing at Irkutsk at high speed and was destroyed after the Captain mismanaged the thrust levers whilst attempting to apply reverse only on one engine because the flight was being conducted with one reverser inoperative. The Investigation noted that the aircraft had been despatched on the accident flight with the left engine thrust reverser de-activated as permitted under the MEL but also that the previous two flights had been carried out with a deactivated right engine thrust reverser.)
• A310, Vienna Austria, 2000 (LOC HF AW) (On 12 July 2000, an Airbus A310 being operated by Hapag Lloyd on a non scheduled passenger flight from Chania to Hannover declared an emergency due to fuel shortage and, after making an en route diversion to Vienna in day VMC, crash landed short of runway 34.)
• A310, en-route, Florida Keys USA, 2005 (AW LOC) (On 6 March 2005, an Airbus A310-300 being operated by Canadian airline Air Transat on a passenger charter flight from Varadero Cuba to Quebec City was in the cruise in daylight VMC at FL350 seventeen minutes after departure and overhead the Florida Keys when the flight crew heard a loud bang and felt some vibration. The aircraft entered a Dutch roll which was eventually controlled in manual flight after a height excursion. During descent for a possible en route diversion, the intensity of the Dutch Roll lessened and then stopped and the crew decided to return to Varadero. It was found during landing there that rudder control inputs were not effective and after taxi in and shutdown at the designated parking position, it was discovered that the aircraft rudder was missing. One of the cabin crew sustained a minor back injury during the event but no others from the 271 occupants were injured.)
• A310, vicinity Abidjan Ivory Coast, 2000 (CFIT HF) (On 30 January 2000, an Airbus 310 took off from Abidjan (Ivory Coast) at night bound for Lagos, Nigeria then Nairobi, Kenya. Thirty-three seconds after take-off, the airplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, 1.5 nautical miles south of the runway at Abidjan Airport. 169 persons died and 10 were injured in the accident.)
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