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| Date: | Sunday 10 March 2019 |
| Time: | c 00:15 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-861 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-HPJC |
| MSN: | 043 |
| Engine model: | Engine Alliance GP 7270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 501 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | ca 450 km N of Abidjan -
 Cote d'Ivoire
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP) |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air France flight AF703, an Airbus A380, returned to land at Abidjan, Ivory Coast, following a GP7200 engine failure.
The aircraft departed Abidjan at 23:38 UTC (March 9, same as local time). The aircraft was climbing to the cruising altitude shortly after midnight when one of the engines failed. The flight crew decided to return to Abidjan, where a safe landing was made at 01:13 hours.
An airline spokesperson stated that the engine had suffered a compressor stall.
A photo of the engine after landing shows damage to several fan blades as well as damage to the interior of the engine cowling.
Sources:
http://www.goklerdeyiz.net/a380in-motoru-hasar-gordu/
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/747096/economie/cote-divoire-panne-dun-reacteur-dun-a380-dair-france-lors-dun-vol-entre-abidjan-et-paris/
Media:
🇨🇮 Retour à Abidjan pour cet Airbus A380 d’Air France suite à un problème moteur juste après son décollage pour Paris CDG.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) March 10, 2019
➡️ L’avion a atterri en urgence, sans faire de blessé. Les passagers ont été transférés sur un autre vol afin de rejoindre la France. pic.twitter.com/a5yD9lAalO
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2019 17:09 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
| 10-Mar-2019 17:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Mar-2019 17:36 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Mar-2019 17:42 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Mar-2019 19:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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