Dassault Falcon Jet has released new information about the trim runaway incident last week that precipitated the grounding of the fleet of the company’s flagship Falcon 7X tri-jets.
The airplane — Falcon declined to identify the operator — was on its way in to Malaysia descending through 12,000 feet when the airplane began an uncommanded climb. The pilots were not able to resume control of the airplane until it had climbed to 22,000 feet, a Dassault spokesman told Flying. The crew declared an emergency and then was able to make an uneventful landing in Malaysia.
