Incident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 APR 1999 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BVFB |
| C/n / msn: | 207 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 593/610 Olympus |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France | |
| Flightnumber: | 2 |
The nosegear could not be raised following takeoff from New York-JFK for a flight to Paris (AF002); the crew returned to New York.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 5794 km (3621 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 5794 km (3621 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
