France A343 at Fort de France on Apr 16th 2017, rejected takeoff due to ATC instruction
Last Update: April 19, 2017 / 13:05:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-4001
Departure
Fort de France, Martinique
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
F-GLZS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
The flight status of the airline confirmed the destination was Moscow Sheremetyevo. The flight was then expected to depart Fort de France with a delay of 22.5 hours for Paris Orly (France) stating the flight route had changed due to operational constraints.
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration F-GSQN positioned to Fort de France, resumed the flight with a delay of about 25 hours and flew to Paris Orly.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 45 hours, then resumed service.
On Apr 19th 2017 The Aviation Herald received information that other than initial information suggested tower did not report smoke from the landing gear prompting the crew to reject takeoff, but received a call from the airline to have the aircraft return to the gate due to missing luggage while the aircraft was already in the departure roll.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 16, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-4001
Departure
Fort de France, Martinique
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
F-GLZS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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