Incident to the Airbus A330 registered 9M-XXI and operated by Air Asia on 11/09/2016 near Gold Coast [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

During approach, the aircraft was observed to descend below lowest safe altitude.

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General information
Local date	11/09/2016
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Oceania - Australia
Location	Vers AD Gold Coast
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2016-0602

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane
Operator	Malaysia - Air Asia Sdn. Bhd.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	9M-XXI
State of registry	Malaysia
Last departure point	Malaysia (Peninsular) - WMKK (KUL): Kuala Lumpur/Intl
Planned destination	Australia - YBCG (OOL): Coolangatta
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	1411
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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