| Date: | Tuesday 6 November 1979 |
| Time: | 09:31 |
| Type: | Vickers 802 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-AOJF |
| MSN: | 155 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) -
United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |
| Destination airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:British Airways Flight 5403 was taking off from Leeds/Bradford airport for a flight to Heathrow. But during the take off air traffic control saw a fire service vehicles on the runway centerline on runway 15 and the Vickers Viscount narrowly missed the parked vehicles.
Accident investigation:
|
|
| | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Report number: | |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
|
|
Sources:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/2-1979%20G-AOJF.pdf Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 04-Jun-2018 20:13 |
TB |
Updated [Total occupants, ] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:

CONNECT WITH US:
©2025 Flight Safety Foundation