France B773 at Mexico City on Jul 4th 2021, hard landing
Last Update: July 24, 2021 / 06:51:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 4, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-178
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Mexico City, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
F-GSQI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
A United Airbus A319-100 registration N890UA performing flight UA-1090 from Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) to Mexico City, landed on runway 23L just after the Air France Boeing 777 and reported a large chunk of unknown substance, possibly a tyre, on the runway in the touchdown zone, the foreign object debris was not from them.
The Boeing 777 remained on the ground in Mexico for 3 days, then positioned as flight AF-6700 to Paris and resumed service on Jul 8th 2021.
Mexico's AIB reported a part to support the right hand main gear detached during landing on runway 23L and was found on the runway. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 4, 2021
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-178
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Mexico City, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
F-GSQI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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