AIRBUS A-340-200

Aircraft
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
Manufacturered as: AIRBUS A-340-200 AIRBUS A-340-200 Prestige AIRBUS Prestige (A-340-200)

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
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