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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 102 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BOAC |
| MSN: | 204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near New York, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An engine was shut down after departing New York. The secondary air door was found to be inoperative.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1984 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
min |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 11 August 1987 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 9 March 1988 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | London |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 25 May 1998 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | Atlantic Ocean, 60 nm north of Isles of Scilly, Cornwall | |
min |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 8 October 1998 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | North Atlantic, at approx. 47°N, 50°W, off Newfoundland |  |
sub |
| Turbulence | ||||||
| 3 November 2002 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | over Atlantic Ocean |  |
non |
| 13 June 2003 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | North Atlantic, between London Heathrow and JFK New York | |
min |
| 4 October 2003 | G-BOAC | British Airways | 0 | near London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex | |
min |
| Fumes/smoke/odor event | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:21 | harro | Added |
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