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| Date: | Friday 8 August 1997 |
| Time: | 00:42 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Owner/operator: | AOM French Airlines |
| Registration: | F-GNEM |
| MSN: | 46892/204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 237 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Northern Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP/TFFR) |
| Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-10 entered the head of a cumulus cloud and was subjected to load factors varying between 1.96g and -0.51g. Most of those who were injured did not have their seat belts fastened. The pilot tried to stabilize the aircraft by moving the elevator controls contrary to the motion of the aircraft. This created wide variations in load factor.
Probable cause
The accident was caused by the aircraft entering the head of a Cumulonimbus cloud that the crew had neither foreseen nor identified. Aggravating factors were the strong variations in load factor caused by the reactions of the pilot on duty and the fact that many passengers were detached.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2024 07:30 | ASN | Added |
| 16-Sep-2024 08:04 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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