The crew of Hermes Airlines flight ML7817 made a Category 1 (CAT I) ILS approach to runway 36R at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The meteorological conditions were such that low visibility procedures (LVO) were in place. On passing the stabilisation height at 1,000 ft,...
Star Jet UAE Lockheed Tristar L1011-385-3 (A6-BSM) flight OA202
Star Jet UAE flight OA202 was a flight operated by Star Jet UAE on behalf (chartered by) of Olympic Airlines. The flight was operated with a Lockheed Tristar L1011-385-3 registered A6-BSM. The airplane arrived at 11h10 at the ramp at Terminal 1 at Paris Charles de...
Air Tahiti – ATR ATR72-212A (F-OIQU)
Air Tahiti F-OIQU airplane was on initial climb at a speed of about 170 kt, the captain noticed that the slip indicator ball had travelled to the extreme right. He used the rudder trim as far as the stop to reduce the load on the rudder. He managed to move the ball...
Turkish Airlines – Mcdonnel Douglas DC-10-10 (TC-JAV) flight TK981
Turkish Airlines flight TK981 after a stop at Orly and a delay to its schedule because of the last minute embarkation of numerous passengers, TC-JAV took off for London at 1132 hrs. Shortly after 1140 hrs, when the Turkish Airlines flight TK981 had reached 12,000 feet...
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...
Aom Minerve S.A – McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (F-GRMC) flight IW68
The evolution of the Aom Minerve flight IW68 was analyzed on the basis of flight documents, recorded data and witness statements. On Sunday 23 November 1997, the crew flew the Toulon-Orly-Marseille route stages : on the previous day, they had flown the...
JET 2 – BOEING B737-33A (G-CELC)
The fight crew of JET 2 flight G-CELC were carrying out an ILS approach to Chambery Airport, in IMC, with the autopilot engaged and the LOC (localiser) and VS (vertical speed) modes selected. The crew reported that they had observed some anomalies with the ILS and DME...
MEA Middle East Airlines – Airbus A330-200 (OD-MEA) airplane OD-MEA
The flight crew of MEA Middle East Airlines airplane OD-MEA was about to leave stand H12 of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. A tractor and a tow bar were coupled to the aircraft for the pushback. During the manoeuvre, the tractor driver tried to align the aircraft on...
Blu Line – MCDonnel Douglas – MD83 (F-GMLU) flight BLE914P
Blu Line flight BLE914P was a positioning flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Kuwait. The co-pilot was the PF. During the flight preparations, the PF input the information into the PMS: when inputting the aircraft weight, he mistakenly entered the aircraft’s zero...
Hermes Airlines – Airbus – A320 (SX-BHV) flight BIE9861
The crew took off from Ajaccio bound for Lyons Saint-Exupéry. The flight was chartered by Air Méditerranée and performed by Hermes Airlines. The Captain was the instructor (PNF) and was sitting in the right-hand-side seat. The student /pilot in-command was PF in the...
Ryanair – Boeing – B737-800 (EI-DAF) flight FR1216
Ryanair flight FR1216 was coming from Belgium, was supposed to stop for 25 minutes at Limoges-Bellegarde aerodrome , without refuelling, then return to Belgium with more passengers. The copilot was PF on the leg. The ATIS information at 14 h 01, heard by the crew,...
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...
Brit Air – Challenger – CRJ-700 (F-GRZE) flight DB5937
Brit Air flight DB5937 : the crew was cleared for an ILS RWY 25 approach. During the descent, the controller informed them of a wind from 160° at 17 kt with gusts up to 26 kt and a lasting, severe squall. Visibility was reduced to between 2,000 and 3,000 m and the...
Tailwind Airlines – Boeing – B737-400 (TC-TLE) flight TU750
Tailwind Airlines flight TU750 was on approach to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, the crew made a non-precision localizer/DME approach to runway 36R. The cloud ceiling was close to the MDA. The final descent began before the final approach point published for the altitude of the...
XL AIRWAYS Germany – AIRBUS – A320-232 (D-AXLA) flight GXL888T
XL Airways Germany flight GXL888T from Perpignan – Rivesaltes aerodrome was undertaken in the context of the end of a leasing agreement, before the return of D-AXLA to its owner. The programme of planned checks could not be performed in general air traffic, so the...
AMC Airlines – Boeing – B737-800 (SU-BPZ) flight AMV6104
The Boeing 737-86N, registered SU-BPZ from Marsa Alam (Egypt), arrived at 21 h 25 at its parking space at area Q at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport three hours late. During taxiing, the Captain asked the police to intervene to question a passenger who had smoked in...
Easy Jet – Airbus – A319-111 (G-EZAC) flight EZY6074
Easy Jet flight EZY6074 serious incident occurred to an Airbus A319-111 aircraft operating a scheduled passenger flight between Alicante, Spain and Bristol, UK. The aircraft had experienced a fault affecting the No 1 (left) electrical generator on the previous flight...
Brit Air – Canadair – CL600-2B19 (F-GRJS) flight AF5672
Brit Air flight AF5672 was on an ILS approach to runway 26 Left at Brest Guipavas aerodrome : the aeroplane deviated progressively to the left of the normal runway approach track. It passed above and then below the glide path and descended until it touched the ground...
Cameroon Airlines – Boeing – B747-200 (TJ-CAB) flight UYC070
On Sunday 5 November 2000, the Boeing 747-200 registered TJ-CAB operated by Cameroon Airlines was carrying out the scheduled service between Douala and Paris Charles de Gaulle under the operational call sign UYC070. Take-off from Douala took place at 14 h 25 about...
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...
Air Liberte – Streamline Aviation – Mcdonnel Douglas MD83 (F-GHED) – Shorts 330 (G-SSWN) flights IJ8807 – SSW200
Air Liberté Streamline Aviation flights IJ8807 SSW200 : the MD 83...
Northern Executive Aviation – Learjet – 35A (G-MURI) flight NEX4B
Northern Executive Aviation flight NEX4B , a Learjet 35A registered G-MURI took off from Manchester UK on 2 May 2000 at 9 h 35, for a positioning flight to Farnborough. The flight took forty minutes. At 11 h 22, it left Farnborough bound for Nice as flight number...
TAROM – AIRBUS – A310 (YR-LCA) flight no. ROT381
The Romanian Tarom Airbus A 310 YR-LCA, coming from Bucharest as scheduled flight ROT 381, estimated its arrival time at Paris Orly at 10 h 40. The Orly ATIS indicated that runway 26 was in service and visibility announced was ten kilometers with scattered cloud at...
Aviation accidents
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