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Inefficient ATC handling resulting in part from communications problems due to language barriers resulted in an unstabilized approach for an A330 which nonetheless resulted in an on-speed touchdown in the first thousand feet of the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1216835 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Hand off to approach control late. Changed landing runway. Kept high till decent to FAF altitude. Behind profile till 1500 feet. Fast on final till 500 feet ref plus 20. Landed on speed in first 1000 feet of 13000 feet runway.language barrier; late descent; changed runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Inefficient ATC handling resulting in part from communications problems due to language barriers resulted in an unstabilized approach for an A330 which nonetheless resulted in an on-speed touchdown in the first thousand feet of the runway.
Narrative: Hand off to approach control late. changed landing runway. Kept high till decent to FAF altitude. Behind profile till 1500 feet. Fast on final till 500 feet ref plus 20. Landed on speed in first 1000 feet of 13000 feet runway.Language barrier; late descent; changed runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.