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| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1993 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-236B |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BDXH |
| MSN: | 21635/365 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP) -
 Jamaica
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP) |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After an apparently uneventful flight and landing from Kingston, Jamaica, on arrival at the stand it was discovered that a portion of Kreuger flap adjacent to the inboard side of the no 3 pylon was missing. A search of the runway was instituted very shortly thereafter and although some debris was collected, none was related to this aircraft.
Examination of the damaged panel showed that a strip had separated from the edge of the flap which
abuts the pylon when it is deployed (see Figures 1 and 2). The direction in which this strip had peeled
off was consistent either with the direction of airloads with the flap deployed or as the result of
interference between the flap and the pylon as the flap was retracting.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3d840f0b61342000449/Boeing_747-236__G-BDXH_09-93.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/5990191 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 June 1982 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | 240 km SE of Jakarta |  |
sub |
| 30 August 1994 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | over The Ténéré Desert |  |
sub |
| Issue with flap(s) | ||||||
| 21 May 1996 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | Selsey Bill, Sussex, 20 nm SW of London Gatwick Airport |  |
min |
| Lightningstrike | ||||||
| 9 August 1996 | G-BDXH | British Airways | 0 | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
min |
| Rudder issue | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2025 17:41 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 25-Jun-2025 17:42 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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