EASA and Dassalt just issued an emergency AD
Grounding the 7X following a pitch trim runaway.
The crew did get things under control and made an uneventful landing.
The FAA Is expected to issue an order as well.
John in Saudi
Seems it was a Swiss registered 7X landing at Supang - rumour control is aircraft was descending - when the runaway trim problems caused the aircraft to climb 12,000 feet??
Aircraft declared an emergency.
Press quotes Dassault asking for the grounding by German based EASA - but I’ll assume there is far more to that??
There have been a couple of Citation runway trim accidents, and a couple more suspected - last confirmed one was N550BP the Marlin Air Medevac that crashed into Lake Michigan in June 2007.
This reminds me of a pitch trim runaway that killed several. Ashland Oil and refining Co. Operated 2 Identical super nice executive Lockheed loadstars in the late 50’s or early 60’s. N1000w and N1000F.
Pitch trim down and an outside loop took the wings and all aboard! I remember them all well.
rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guida … rgency.pdf
FAA bans all flights of 7X aircraft.
Posters on pprune have stated a couple of Bermudan registered 7X’s were flying in Europe yesterday hmmm???