ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349118
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| Date: | Thursday 17 October 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-228ER |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GSPZ |
| MSN: | 32310/401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Churchill, Manitoba, 290 nm NE -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 17 October 2002, Air France Flight 062, a Boeing 777-228ER, serial number 32310, departed Paris, France, on a scheduled flight to Los Angeles, California, United States, with 172 passengers and 17 crew members on board. At 1459 Coordinated Universal Time, while cruising at flight level 360, the cabin crew smelled an abnormal odour in the cabin. The captain went to the cabin to investigate, and shortly thereafter, a fire started in the area of the left front cockpit windshield. The fire was extinguished by the relief first officer; however, two large cracks developed in the windshield.The crew diverted the flight to Churchill, Manitoba, and landed and stopped the aircraft on Runway 33, which was snow covered. The aircraft was subsequently moved to the terminal ramp area, and the passengers were deplaned through the aircraft's right front emergency egress slide. No injuries to passengers or crew were reported. The only damage to the aircraft was to the forward left windshield and the forward left glareshield area.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 November 2015 | F-GSPZ | Air France | 0 | Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI) |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2023 17:57 | harro | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
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