Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 25 MAR 2008 |
| Time: | 08:27 |
| Type: | Boeing 747-357 |
| Operating for: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Leased from: | Air Atlanta Icelandic |
| Registration: | TF-ARS |
| C/n / msn: | 22996/586 |
| First flight: | 1983-09-12 (24 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4G2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 307 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 326 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC) (Bangladesh) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED/OEMA), Saudi Arabia |
| Dhaka-Zia International Airport (DAC/VGZR), Bangladesh | |
| Flightnumber: | 810 |
Flight SV810 made an uneventful landing at Dhaka (DAC). During the landing roll the tower controller reported that he saw a fire on the right hand wing. Upon exiting runway 14 the crew received a fire indication for engine nr.3. The fire extinguisher was activated and all engines were shut down. The fire could not be extinguished and the airplane was evacuated.
Investigation determined a fuel leak where the fuel enters the front spar for engine # 3.
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 SEP 1983 | N221GF | Swissair | |
| 09 SEP 1992 | HB-IGF | Swissair | new registration |
| 27 SEP 2000 | ZS-SKA | South African Airways | sub leased |
| 10 DEC 2003 | TF-ARS | Saudi Arabian Airlines | sub leased |
| 10 MAR 2004 | TF-ARS | Air Atlanta Icelandic | leased |
| 18 JUN 2004 | TF-ARS | Iberia | sub leased |
| 18 AUG 2004 | TF-ARS | Air Algérie | sub leased |
| 17 OCT 2004 | TF-ARS | Air Atlanta Icelandic | returned |
| 19 DEC 2004 | TF-ARS | Garuda Indonesian Airways | leased |
| 10 MAY 2005 | TF-ARS | Air Atlanta Europe | leased |
| 00 DEC 2005 | TF-ARS | Garuda Indonesian Airways | leased |
| 19 FEB 2006 | TF-ARS | Air Atlanta Europe | returned |
| 13 MAY 2006 | TF-ARS | Federal Express | |
| 30 JUL 2006 | TF-ARS | Saudi Arabian Airlines | leased |
Map
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 Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport to Dhaka-Zia International Airport as the crow flies is 5081 km (3175 miles).
Distance from Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport to Dhaka-Zia International Airport as the crow flies is 5081 km (3175 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.
