Overview
- The A320 on a repositioning flight from Catania on September 20 descended to roughly 12 meters above the sea before the crew recovered and later continued to Amman.
- Flight Data Recorder readings show initial climb followed by nose‑down sidestick inputs from the commander, an overspeed, and successive GPWS alerts of “Sink Rate,” “Pull Up,” and “Don’t Sink.”
- The Cockpit Voice Recorder audio had been overwritten during later operations, leaving investigators without cockpit communications for the critical minutes.
- The preliminary ANSV report assigns no blame and directs further inquiry to operator procedures, human–machine interface issues, and available technological barriers, with possible spatial disorientation noted given dark, moonless conditions over rough sea.
- Air Arabia Maroc says it will introduce a software alert that triggers when V1/VR/V2 are not entered and will add targeted simulator training to recognize such departures.