Serious incident to the Airbus A340 registered ZS-SNF and operated by SAA on 06/11/2018 en route [Investigation led by BFU / Germany]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the German authorities:

Overspeed warning.

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General information
Local date	06/11/2018
Responsible entity	Germany - BFU
State or area of occurrence	Switzerland
Location	En croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2018-0820

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	South Africa - South African Airways (Saa)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A340
Aircraft Registration	ZS-SNF
State of registry	South Africa
Last departure point	South Africa - FAJS (JNB): Johannesburg/Jan Smuts
Planned destination	Germany - EDDF (FRA): FRANKFURT / MAIN
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	547
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.