AIR AFRIQUE A300B4-203 TU-TAT(cn282)
Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny airport 31 May 1991.First flight 13/10/1983.On Saturday 12/02/2000 at Dakar (Senegal) the aircraft was taxiing to the runway for a departure to Paris, the left main gear unsafe alarm sounded. The crew elected to return to the parking area. While taxiing back, the left main gear retracted, causing the no. 1 engine to strike the ground. A fire broke out in the vicinity of this engine and the aircraft was quickly evacuated.The aircraft was written off.....no fatalities.
AIR AFRIQUE A300B4-203 TU-TAT(cn282)
Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny airport 31 May 1991.First flight 13/10/1983.On Saturday 12/02/2000 at Dakar (Senegal) the aircraft was taxiing to the runway for a departure to Paris, the left main gear unsafe alarm sounded. The crew elected to return to the parking area. While taxiing back, the left main gear retracted, causing the no. 1 engine to strike the ground. A fire broke out in the vicinity of this engine and the aircraft was quickly evacuated.The aircraft was written off.....no fatalities.