Air France B772 at Cape Town on Dec 3rd 2013, could not retract nose gear
Last Update: December 10, 2013 / 17:12:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-521
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-GSPE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The aircraft was able to depart again after about 110 minutes on the ground and reached Paris with a delay of 3 hours.
The airline reported the aircraft returned to Cape Town for technical checks.
On Dec 10th 2013 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that maintenance detected the nose gear safety pin had not been removed. The aircraft dumped about 47.8 tons of fuel and returned to Cape Town. South Africa's CAA have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-521
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Aircraft Registration
F-GSPE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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