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| Date: | Wednesday 19 February 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BTSD |
| MSN: | 205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Halifax International Airport, NS (YHZ/CYHZ) -
 Canada
|
| 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) |
Air France Flight 002, a Concorde, was en route from Paris to New York with a block altitude clearance from FL450 to FL600. Just after passing 50 degrees West, the flight crew reported that they had shut down the number three engine. The crew did not declare an emergency and requested and received a clearance to FL280. After reaching the Moncton FIR, the crew declared a PAN and requested and received a clearance to divert to Halifax. The aircraft landed safely at 13:08 UTC without further incident. Further investigation revealed that the crew had shutdown the engine after noticing a higher than normal fuel flow. Maintenance inspection revealed that a fuel line had ruptured.
Sources:
1. CADORS Number: 2003A0118
2. TSB Occurrence No: A03A0026
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2781275.stm
4. https://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/82079-af-concorde-unscheduled-landing-halifax.html
5. https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=83008&page=1
6. http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_concorde20030219
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1977 | F-BVFA | Air France | 0 | Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD) |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 10 December 1978 | F-BVFA | Air France | 0 |  |
unk | |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 12 December 1978 | F-BVFA | Air France | 0 | |
unk | |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 14 August 1990 | F-BVFA | Air France | 0 | Paris |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 27 February 2003 | F-BVFA | Air France | 0 | over Atlantic Ocean |  |
min |
| Normal landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:21 | harro | Added |
| 09-Dec-2015 22:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2015 00:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2015 01:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2023 18:43 | ConcordeBoy | Updated |
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