Date: | Thursday 12 June 1975 |
Time: | 02:15 |
Type: | Boeing 747-128 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
Registration: | N28888 |
MSN: | 20542/201 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 394 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM) -
India
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
Destination airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
Narrative:During a 180 degree turn at the beginning of runway 27 the No.11 tire (on the right hand main gear) failed. During takeoff the no.12 tire also failed. Wheels and braking assembly then started rubbing the runway, causing a fire. The takeoff was aborted.
Initial delay in shutting down the engines and an improper deployment of fire services caused the fire to spread.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1975 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Aviation News 27.06.1975
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY); 02 June 1973
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