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| Date: | Sunday 23 September 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale / BAC Concorde 101 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BVFB |
| MSN: | 207 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) -
 Senegal
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Loss of thread on tyre no. 3; engine no. 3 replaced.
Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 December 1976 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | Paris |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 21 September 1979 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | near Boston, MA |  |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 3 June 1982 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | Paris | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 4 August 1982 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 |  |
unk | |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 9 May 1983 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 18 May 1986 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | Paris | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 11 April 1999 | F-BVFB | Air France | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2012 07:22 | harro | Added |
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