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AIRBUS A-340-200
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A342
| Aircraft | |||||
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| Name | A-340-200 | ||||
| Manufacturer | AIRBUS | ||||
| Body | Wide | ||||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | ||||
| Position | Low wing | ||||
| Tail | Regular tail, mid set | ||||
| WTC | Heavy | ||||
| APC | C | ||||
| Type code | L4J | ||||
| Aerodrome Reference Code | 4E | ||||
| RFF Category | 8 | ||||
| Engine | Jet | ||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||
| Position | Underwing mounted | ||||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | ||||
| Mass group | 5 | ||||
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AIRBUS A-340-200
Description
Long to ultra long range wide-body airliner. Initially known as A-340-8000 with additional tanks and underfloor passenger sleepers for ultra long range. Programme was launched in 1987 as a combined programme with the A330, differing mainly in number of engines and in engine related systems. The A340 had its first flight on the 25th of October 1991 and entered service with Lufthansa in January 1993. Total of 247 aircraft ordered (series 200 and 300) - 236 in operation (August 2006). The A342 is member of the A340 family of aircraft.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 60.3 m197.835 ft |
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| Length | 59.4 m194.882 ft |
| Height | 16.8 m55.118 ft |
| Powerplant | 4 x CFM56-5C4 (141kN) or 4 x CFM 56-5C3 (147kN) turbofans. |
| Engine model | CFM International CFM56 |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | 145 kts | IAS | 175 kts | IAS | 290 kts | IAS | 290 kts | MACH | 0.81 | TAS | 490 kts | MACH | 0.81 | IAS | 290 kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | 150 kts |
| Distance | 2765 m | ROC | 1500 ft/min | ROC | 1200 ft/min | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | 700 ft/min | MACH | 0.82 | ROD | 1000 ft/min | ROD | 2000 ft/min | MCS | 210 kts | Distance | 1765 m |
| MTOW | 275000275,000 kg 275 tonnes kg |
Ceiling | FL410 | ROD | ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
| WTC | H | Range | 67006,700 nm 12,408,400 m 12,408.4 km 40,709,973.783 ft NM |
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Accidents & Serious Incidents involving A342
- A342, Perth Australia, 2005 (On 24 April 2005, an Airbus A340-200 landed short of the temporarily displaced runway threshold at Perth in good daylight visibility despite their prior awareness that there was such a displacement. The Investigation concluded that the crew had failed to correctly identify the applicable threshold markings because the markings provided were insufficiently clear to them and probably also because of the inappropriately low intensity setting of the temporary PAPI. No other Serious Incidents were reported during the same period of runway works.)
Further Reading
- Airbus reference document which provide to airlines, MROs, airport planners and operators the general dimensions of the aircraft, as well as the necessary information for ramp, servicing operations or maintenance preparation: Airbus A340 200/300: Airplane characteristics for aiport planning AC, 01 April 2013