Incident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JAN 1998 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 102 |
| Operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 593/610 Olympus |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near London (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| London (unknown airport), United Kingdom |
A Concorde flight from New York had attempted one approach that was hampered by high winds. On the second approach the captain issued a PAN alert, reporting a fuel emergency. This was followed five minutes later by a full Mayday alert 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometres) from the airport.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
