2005-08-11 04:58:22H20

Air France 358失事事件

The Air France flight number 358 overshot runway 24L at Toronto International Airport (YYZ) on Aug 2, 2005 at 16:03. The plane, an Airbus A340-313X model, ran over about 250 meters and dive into ravine. The airbus also broke into pieces and burst into flames.....

It is the first time an A340 model has a total loss since its introduction... Fortunately, all passengers and crews survived in this accident.......Some of slides were not deployable and frame of plane was broke apart. Everyone was able to evacuate within 90 seconds or at most 2 minutes (The Golden 2 Minutes). It is really a miracle....... Thank god...... .....


Status: Preliminary
Date: 02 AUG 2005
Time: 16:03
Type: Airbus A.340-313X
Operator: Air France

Registration: F-GLZQ
Msn / C/n: 289
Year built: 1999
Total airframe hrs: 28418 hours
Cycles: 3711 cycles
Engines: 4 CFMI CFM56-5C4
Crew: 0 fatalities / 12 on board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 297 on board
Total: 0 fatalities / 309 on board

Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ) (Canada)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Destination airport: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ)
Flightnumber: 358

Narrative:
Air France flight AF358 departed Paris ar 13:32 local time for a scheduled
flight to Toronto. Weather conditions were poor as the aircraft approached
Toronto with heavy thunderstorms and rain. Around 15:52 the crew contacted
Toronto Approach. The controller replied: ”Air France 3-5-8 Heavy roger,
2-4 Left is your runway, the altimeter 3-0-0-0 and when you are able fly
heading 2-10 and intercept the localizer.” The Air France pilot then
responded: ”When able within.... five nautical miles we can intercept the
localizer, Air France 3-5-8.” The crew then received further instructions
to descend to 5000 and to reduce their speed to 190 knots. About 15:55 they
were cleared down to 4000 feet and one minute later the controller cleared
the flight for the ILS approach to runway 24 Left. Within less than a minute
the controller asked ”...Air France 3-5-8 reduce speed now to 1-60 knots”,
which was correctly read back. Thity seconds later the controller radioed:
”Air France 3-5-8 slow to your final approach speed”. Then, about, 15:58
they were instructed to contact the Toronto Tower: ”Air France 3-5-8 contact
Toronto tower at the KIREX fix on frequency 1-18 point 3-5”. The KIREX fix
is located at 6.0 DME. After being cleared to land, the Airbus touched down
on runway 24L, a 9000 feet (2743 m) runway. The airplane was not able to
stop before the end of the runway and overran. It carreened to the left,
down a slope, ending up in a gulley. The airplane caught fire, but everyone
on board was evacuated safely.

The weather report around the time of the accident (ca 20:00Z) was:
CYYZ 022000Z 29011KT 4SM +TSRA BKN051TCU BKN140 23/22 A3002 RMK TCU6AC1 CB
ASOCTD LTGCC VIS LWR SW-NW 2 SLP164=
(wind 290 degrees at 11 kts visibility 4 miles heavy thunderstorms containing
rain 5-7 oktas cloud at 5100ft with towering cumulus 5-7 oktas cloud at
14000ft temperature 23C dewpoint 22C QNH 30.02in and a.o. Cumulonimbus
clouds with cloud to cloud lightning).

Source: (also check out sources used for every accident)
CBC; Air France

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4742669.stm#graphic