France B773 at Mexico City on Jul 4th 2021, hard landing

Last Update: July 24, 2021 / 06:51:40 GMT/Zulu time

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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

An Air France Boeing 777-300, registration F-GSQI performing flight AF-178 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mexico City (Mexico), landed hard on Mexico City's runway 23L at 21:50Z and taxied to the apron, the crew maintained routine communication.

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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