Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 DEC 1985 |
| Time: | 06:35 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-228B |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GCBC |
| C/n / msn: | 22427/485 |
| First flight: | 1980-10-07 (5 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 4 General Electric CF6-50E |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 261 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 278 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ (GIG) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
| Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 091 |
The aircraft veered off runway 14 on landing, crossed a ditch and collided with a concrete ramp. It appeared that the no. 1 engine throttle cable had broken, making it impossible for the flight crew to control engine power. The engine had accelerated to an unusually high level of (forward) thrust (above take-off power).
Sources:
» Jornal do Brasil - 3 December 1985
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 9118 km (5699 miles).
Distance from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 9118 km (5699 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
