Air France B744 at Amsterdam on Feb 19th 2014, main deck fire indication

Last Update: February 19, 2014 / 22:58:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-6721

Aircraft Registration
F-GIUC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

An Air France Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration F-GIUC performing flight AF-6721 (dep Feb 18th) from Pointe a Pitre (Guadeloupe) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to Amsterdam's runway 18R descending to FL045 when the crew declared Mayday reporting a possible aft main deck fire and requesting an immediate approach to runway 18R. ATC immediately cleared the aircraft for the approach to runway 18R and vectored two other aircraft off the approach. The Boeing 747-400 landed safely on runway 18R about 9 minutes later. After landing the crew indicated the fire indication had extinguished, the aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the apron.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-6721

Aircraft Registration
F-GIUC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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