A380 Emirates flip a Challenger 604 midair

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A380 Emirates flip a Challenger 604 midair

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So I think y'all may have heard about this.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5e80f3&opt=0

An a380 Emirates (maybe A6-EUL), flipped a Challenger 604 (D-AMSC) midair :o . This cause by the wake turbulence from the a380. As the result, the Challenger 604 dropped from 35000ft to 25000ft above the sea level.

Also, in the source, I found that there are some smaller plane is also affected by the wake turbulence when flying nearby big aircraft like the a380.

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Re: A380 Emirates flip a Challenger 604 midair

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Yeah, passengers sustained injuries as well, some of them serious. Apparently the aircraft was written off. This and other incidents might result in a re-write of the books on enroute separation minima for aircraft smaller than the 388.
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Turbofan wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:05 pm Yeah, passengers sustained injuries as well, some of them serious. Apparently the aircraft was written off. This and other incidents might result in a re-write of the books on enroute separation minima for aircraft smaller than the 388.
So sad to see D-AMSC has been written off... :( There are some engine failure as well.
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Re: A380 Emirates flip a Challenger 604 midair

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So does this mean that all the Challenger aircraft will be "retired" like the Concorde because it is a danger to itself and other aircraft?

That's what irked me about the Concorde incident. The DC-10 that was dropping parts on the runway is still around while the Concorde was put out of service because it is dangerous when it was the DC-10 that was more of the problem.
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@Monoceros nope. The Challengers are not dangerous. The solution, as @Turbofan mentioned above
Turbofan wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:05 pm This and other incidents might result in a re-write of the books on enroute separation minima for aircraft smaller than the 388.
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