A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Troubleshooting; Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
After takeoff received ECAM message Auto Brake Fault Brakes Released. Phone patch to Dispatch; conferred with Maintenance; declared emergency; burned off fuel to landing weight [and then] landed.
An A320 ECAM alerted AUTO BRAKE FAULT BRAKES RELEASE so an emergency was declared and the flight returned to the departure airport.