ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171294
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| Date: | 04-NOV-2014 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-861 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-HPJD |
| MSN: | 049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 507 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | en route over UK -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris CDG, LFPG |
| New York JFK , KJFK |
Flight AF006 - en route to New York - encountered severe turbulence when flying over the UK. Four crew members suffered (light) injuries. The captain decided to return to Paris, where the plane safely landed at 16.26 pm.
Sources:
1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2820678/Three-Air-France-cabin-crew-treated-concussion-flight-New-York-hits-severe-turbulence-flying-Britain.html
2. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR6/history/20141104/1255Z/LFPG/KJFK
3. https://mashable.com/2014/11/06/turbulence-air-france/
4. https://www.traveller24.com/News/Flights/Traumatic-Air-France-flight-has-passengers-screaming-praying-and-holding-hands-20141107-2
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 Apr 2011 | F-HPJD | Air France | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |  |
sub |
| 29 Jan 2014 | F-HPJD | Air France | 0 | Over North-East Canada |  |
min |
Media:
#AirFrance confirms that flight #AF006 on 11/4/2014 from CDG to JFK encountered strong turbulence at the beginning of the cruise phase (1/4)
— Air France Newsroom (@AFnewsroom) November 4, 2014Air France confirms flight AF006, an A380 flying Paris to JFK, returned safely to CDG after hitting severe turbulence. 3 crew injured.
— Nicola Clark (@_nicolaclark) November 4, 2014Images:
Photo of F-HPJD courtesy AirHistory.net
Paris - Charles de Gaulle (LFPG / CDG)
1 June 2017; (c) Howard J Curtis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2014 19:04 | Chieftain | Added |
| 14-Nov-2014 19:06 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2014 14:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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