ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121607
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| Date: | Friday 8 April 2011 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-223 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N199AN |
| MSN: | 32393/991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 223 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Incident: American B752 over Atlantic on Apr 8th 2011, unexplained nose gear deployment
An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N199AN performing flight AA-121 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to New York JFK, NY (USA), was en-route at FL340 over the Atlantic about 120 nautical miles west of Brest (France) when the crew descended the aircraft to FL250, then FL200 and FL100 entering a holding pattern near Cardiff,Wales (UK).
The airplane was seen at FL100 with the nose gear down, however both main gear struts retracted with gear doors closed. The airplane continued for a safe landing at London Heathrow about 3 hours after leaving FL340
Sources:
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-13019482
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=42&p=321255] (w/photo and flight track)
3. http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=3746.10;wap2
Media:
Boeing 757-223 American Airlines N199AN
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2011 14:45 | wanderer | Added |
| 08-Apr-2011 14:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2011 04:33 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 27-Nov-2016 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2016 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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