ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313907
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 2023 |
| Time: | 11:50 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A350-941 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-HTYO |
| MSN: | 546 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 324 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | around Tochigi prefecture -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Osaka-Kansai International Airport (KIX/RJBB), Japan |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air France flight AF291, an Airbus A350-941, suffered damage to the nose radome and pitot tubes, and returned to Osaka-Kansai (KIX).
The flight took off from KIX at 02:15 UTC (11:15 LT), bound for Paris-CDG Airport. About 02:50 UTC, the Airbus got troubled on the weather radar and air speed indication while at a cruising altitude of FL350. At 03:10, the flight turned back to KIX. Forty minutes later the flight declared an emergency.
A safe landing was made back at KIX at 05:25 UTC. The runway 24R was closed for 50 minutes for inspection, causing 11 other flights to be affected. No injuries were reported among 324 occupants.
Sources:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/580fffeef67886324533f14b87e0ae70330d3e25
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1a5cabe62a8e0a62c32087834cd068660fb32d19
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/dddcf8214fb6dcb88c06d876a4cef711ccb7090f
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/af291#3078ca9e
https://bea.aero/les-enquetes/evenements-notifies/detail/incident-grave-survenu-a-lairbus-a350-immatricule-f-hyto-exploite-par-air-france-le-28-05-2023-en-croisiere/
Media:
AF291 ノーズ部分バチクソやられてるやん pic.twitter.com/YP6jzlm2qf
— #Sironofu🦈 (@White_An124) May 28, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2023 06:58 | harro | Added |
| 28-May-2023 07:03 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2023 09:36 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2023 08:17 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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