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| Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1995 |
| Time: | 02:31 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-436 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BNLL |
| MSN: | 24054/794 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 403 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Location: | Seoul-Gimpo International Airport (GMP/RKSS) -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Gimpo International Airport (GMP/RKSS) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff from Runway 32R at Seoul, there was a fire warning from the No 4 engine. The
crew executed the fire drills, extinguishing the warnings, and, after dumping 106 tonnes of fuel,
landed uneventfully back at Seoul. An inspection by ground engineers, monitored by the airline's
powerplant engineering section, revealed some fire damage to the core engine fairing panels and
sooting of the core engine around the aft end of the high pressure compressor. It was decided to
investigate the problem in the UK and so the fan blades of the No 4 engine were removed, the core
engine blanked and the aircraft ferried, non-revenue, back to London Heathrow
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fe52e5274a13170009ad/Boeing_747-436__G-BNLL_07-95.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9985991 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 1996 | G-BNLL | British Airways | 0 | over Atlantic Ocean |  |
non |
| Fumes/smoke/odor event | ||||||
| 27 March 1999 | G-BNLL | British Airways | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |  |
min |
| 15 October 2007 | G-BNLL | British Airways | 0 | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 22 December 2013 | G-BNLL | British Airways | 0 | Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2025 13:05 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 15-Apr-2025 13:06 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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