An Air Arabia Maroc flight, which departed from Tetouan in Morocco and went to Brussels in Belgium, had to land in Madrid in Spain due to an automation failure.
The 174 passengers and 5 crew members of Air Arabia Maroc flight 30-137, connecting Tetouan with Brussels on August 23, were in great fear. Mid-flight, the company’s Airbus A320-200 was diverted to Madrid due to an automation failure.
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The “electrical flight controls (FlybyWire) are transferred to the alternate law (which is activated when the plane loses certain electronic equipment), as well as the loss of both the autopilot and the autopilot”, reports The Aviation Heraldindicating that one of the three Air Data Inertial Reference Units (ADIRU) was faulty.
The captain then had to divert the plane to Madrid. The plane landed safely in the Spanish capital. He took off again after 3 and a half hours and landed in Brussels almost 4 and a half hours late.