Jolt from runway patch upset BA A319’s inertial reference system

BA A319 G-DBCF incident-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons

Source: Anna Zvereva/Creative Commons

UK investigators believe an uneven surface repair at Edinburgh airport caused jolting shock to the nose-gear of a departing British Airways Airbus A319, which subsequently suffered inertial reference system drift during its domestic flight to London Heathrow.

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