MEXICO CITY (CNNExpansión) – The Airbus A320 Manufacturer model operated by low-cost airline Germanwings crashed Tuesday in the French Alps with 150 people on board.
The flight 4U9525 subsidiary of Lufthansa traveling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Germany. The French authorities say there is no hope of survivors and so far have only found one of the plane’s black boxes.
According to information from the official website of Airbus, the airplane is one of the best sellers of the firm recorded a total order until February this year to 11,537 units and at least 6,191 of these artifacts are currently in operation worldwide.
From circumvent the cold wind of Antarctica to a standardized flight system, these are some of the characteristics of the Airbus A320.
1. Structure
The main material of this aircraft is an aluminum alloy with high-tech materials such as carbon composites, fiberglass and Kevlar a polyparaphenylene used in the manufacture of safety equipment .
2. Cockpit
On its website, Airbus emphasizes standardized system flight in the cockpit of the A320. The airplane pilot chamber is designed so that the manager can handle any aviator model fleet this manufacturer without requiring extra training.
3. Piloting electronic controls
The company says its planes were the first to promote this mode of flight. The steering system electronically controls, or fly by wire in English, replaces manual control by a digital interface. The flight control computers determine how you should move the actuator and support in certain decisions without the intervention of aviator as steady the ship automatically.
The electronic signals transmitted by wires to computers governing navigation, hence its name.
According to Airbus, the system helps the driver take full advantage of the aircraft without exceeding the safety margins.
4. Navigation system
The Airbus A320 integrates four advanced technology programs for operation.
The Required Navigation Performance (RNP) reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as it approaches the landing area, while the Global Positioning (GPS) helps detect the relegation zone ideal when available stations. The Microwave Landing System (MLS) increases the visibility to harsh climates and Future Air Navigation System (FANS) optimizes flight path and controls the distance between planes.
5. Capacity
The classical model has a capacity of 150 passengers can be increased to 180 as required by the scheduled trip.
6. Investment
Airbus details on its website that annually invests more than EUR 100 million (MDE) to upgrade its A320 fleet.
7. Airlines that use
At the international level, some airlines firms using the model are: American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways and United Airlines. In Mexico it is part of the airline fleet as Interjet and Volaris.
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