A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
In cruise at FL380 approximately 170 NM northwest of our destination; the ECAM displayed: AUTO FLT/AP OFF; AUTO FLT/A/THR OFF AUTO FLT/FCU 1&2 FAULT. The QRH procedure (a reset) was unsuccessful. We informed Dispatch of the problem; declared an emergency; continued to our destination remaining in VFR conditions and landed.
An A319 suffered the loss of several autoflight functions at altitude as they approached their destination. When efforts to restore the systems failed they continued in VMC to a safe landing.