Date:	Wednesday 11 May 1983
Time:	16:50 LT
Type:	Boeing 747-236B
Owner/operator:	British Airways
Registration:	G-BDXB
MSN:	21239/302
Year of manufacture:	1977
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 229
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Johannesburg International Airport, Johannesburg -   South Africa
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Johannesburg International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB/FAOR)
Destination airport:	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (NBO/HKJK)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Damaged 11 Mau 1983 in a groubd incident at Johannesburg International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. An engine fire occurred while on the ground. During the evacuation several of the slides failed to deploy or were damaged and unusable. Seventeen passengers and two crew were injured, six seriously.

1. World Airline Accident Summary, volume 2 (Civil Aviation Authority, CAP 479), p. 12/83; Aviation Week & Space Technology, 18 July 1983, p.35.
2. AAIB Final report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/548ad76a40f0b602410002b8/Boeing_747-B_G-BDXB_02-84.pdf
3. https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-747-200-g-bdxb-british-airways/3x8l4r
4. https://en-gb.facebook.com/planemadnews/posts/ex-british-airways-boeing-747-236-g-bdxb-can-still-be-seen-in-xiamen-was-withdra/391500531196576/

Boeing 747-236B G-BDXB on 16 December 2012

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Feb-2016 04:51	gottwald	Added
27-Jan-2021 18:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]