Incident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 30 OCT 2002 |
| Time: | 15:48 UTC |
| 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: | None |
| Location: | within Gander FIR (Atlantic Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom | |
| Flightnumber: | 002 |
BA flight 2, a Concorde was en route from New York (JFK) to London (LHR) in the Gander FIR and in radio contact with Prestwick ACC. At 15:48 UTC, Prestwick contacted Gander and informed them that the flight crew of BAW2 had shutdown an engine, had declared an emergency and was executing an emergency descent. During the descent, the aircraft lost required separation between five other aircraft (AZA610, AJM002, LTU414, BAW2263, AFR3672). A clearance was coordinated between Gander and Prestwick ACC and issued to BAW2 at FL310. The aircraft exited the Gander FIR at Mach 0.93 at 15:52 UTC without further incident.
Sources:
» CADORS Number: 2002A0659
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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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 5501 km (3438 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to London-Heathrow Airport as the crow flies is 5501 km (3438 miles).
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.
