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

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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

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPE performing flight AF-521 from Cape Town (South Africa) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was climbing out of Cape Town's runway 19 when upon retracting the landing gear the nose gear remained extended. The crew stopped the climb at FL100, dumped fuel and returned to Cape Town for a safe landing on runway 19 about 70 minutes after departure.

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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