On Wednesday, 17 March 1982 with a slight delay from schedule, the Airbus A300 registrated F.BVGK providing commercial flight Air France flight AF125 from Sana'a to Cairo (Paris being its final destination) initiated its take-off roll at 05.10 a.m. U.T. (08.10 local...
Air France – Airbus A320 (F-GJVA) flight AF268P
Air France flight AF268P was a scheduled flight from Sofia to Paris (LBSF-LFPG) on April 13th 2007 , operated with an Airbus A320 registration F-GJVA. The Air France flight AF268P crew was briefed according to the Air France procedures. At 11:43:15 Sofia Tower gave...
AIR FRANCE – BOEING B777-228 (F-GSPM) flight AF22
At 8 h 48 Air France flight AF22 took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for New York J.F. Kennedy one and a half hours late. About 30 minutes later he was cleared to follow a route in oceanic airspace, which he estimated entering at 10 h 27. At about 10 h 00,...
BRIT AIR – Bombardier CRJ700 (F-GRZE) Flight AF5937
The BRIT AIR flight AF5937 crew took off from Paris Orly at 18 h 30 bound for Lorient Lann Bihoué. It was the fifth and last flight of the day. The captain was at the controls (PF). At around 19 h 00 just before the descent, he reviewed the ATIS Whisky information...
Air France – Boeing B747-228B (F-GCBC) flight AF091
On December 1st , 1985, at 21:30 UTC, Air France Boeing B-747-228-B-Combi, F-GCBC took off from Charles de Gaulle Airport - Paris, as flight AF091, with stops in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. The Air France Flight AF091 crew, composed of a Captain, two copilots and...
Air France – Airbus A320-214 (F-HEPE) flight AF1620
The crew was performing Air France flight AF1620 between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport. The meteorological conditions on arrival were CAVOK. At 12 h 49, the Tel Aviv controller cleared the crew of Air France flight AF1620 to make an approach...
Air France – Airbus – A330-200 (F-GZCG) flight AF3575
Air France flight AF3575 took off from Antananarivo airport (Madagascar) at 22 h 45 bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle. At 23 h 10, they received an ACARS message describing the 22 h 30 satellite images. They concluded that they would encounter highly convective zones...
Air France – Airbus – A319-111 (F-GRHU) flight AF2184
Air France flight AF2184 was operated with an Airbus A319 between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tunis Carthage. The briefing was carried out at 5 h 00, takeoff took place at 6 h 53 min. The Captain was Pilot Flying (PF). In cruise at FL 350, the PF prepared an arrival...
Air France – Airbus – A340-313 (F-GLZQ) flight AF358
Air France flight AF358 , an Airbus A340-313 aircraft (registration F-GLZQ, serial number 0289) departed Paris, France, at 1153 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as Air France Flight 358 on a scheduled flight to Toronto, Ontario, with 297 passengers and 12 crew members...
Air France – Boeing – B777-228ER (F-GSPK) flight AF681
The crew took off from Atlanta Hartsfield on a flight bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. In cruise at FL 380, a cabin crew member noticed a smell chracteristic of an electrical fire at the level of seat 4F in Business Class. He turned off electrical power to...
Air France – Boeing – B777-200 (F-GSPP) flight AF471
The following elements are based on recorded data (QAR, FDR) and accounts from the flight crew. The CVR, which was safeguarded by the crew, was erased by mistake before it could be read out by the BEA. The crew reported that the flight was proceeding with no...
Air France – Airbus – A340-313 (F-GLZU) flight AF471
The Air France flight AF471 took off from Caracas-Maiquetía Simón Bolívar airport at 23 h 38 for Paris Charles de Gaulle. The captain was PF. At 23 h 52, climbing through FL180, the PF and the PNF both set the range of their Navigation Display (ND) to 320 NM. Between...
Air France – Boeing – B777-300ER (F-GSQI) flight AF855
Air France flight AF855 was the Lagos-Paris Charles de Gaulle flight , the final leg in the Paris - Lagos - Port Harcourt - Lagos – Paris rotation. The rotation began in Paris on January 9, and the Port Harcourt - Lagos flight was made on the day of the incident. The...
Air France Airbus A330-203 (F-GZCP) flight AF447
On 31 May 2009, the Airbus A330 flight AF 447 took off from Rio de Janeiro Galeão airport bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle. The aeroplane was in contact with the Brazilian ATLANTICO control centre on the INTOL – SALPU – ORARO - TASIL route at FL350. At around 2 h 02,...
Air France – Airbus – A320-311 (G-GLZC) flight no. AF3682
Air France flight AF3682 was on ILS final approach to runway 08 at Cayenne-Rochambeau aerodrome, the airplane encountered windshear and sank suddenly at a height of a hundred feet. A "SINK RATE" warning sounded. The Co-pilot, at the controls, pulled back on the...
Air France – Aerospatiale – Concorde (F-BTSC) flight AFR4920
Air France flight AFR4920 took off from runway 26 right at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, shortly before rotation, the front right tyre (tyre No 2) of the left landing gear ran over a strip of metal, which had fallen from another aircraft, and was damaged. Debris...
Aviation accidents
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Aviation incidents
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Aviation serious incidents
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