Serious incident to the Airbus A380 registered A6-EEZ and operated by Emirates on 10/09/2017 near Moscow [Investigation led by AAIS / United Arab Emirates]
Descente pendant l'approche sous l'altitude demandée par le contrôleur, avec le FMS non reconfiguré pendant la seconde approche
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Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Arab Emirates authorities:
During the approach, the aircraft descended to 400 ft, approximately 7.5 Nm inbound on the runway while attempting to intercept the ILS for landing. The EGPWS alerted the pilots and the crew aborted the landing. A second approach was unsuccessful and aborted. The aircraft landed safely on the third approach.