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| Date: | Thursday 7 October 1993 |
| Time: | c. 21:55 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-436 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-BNLY |
| MSN: | 27090/959 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 408 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Bangkok-Don Mueang International Airport (DMK/VTBD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight from London Heathrow to Bangkok took off two minutes behind another heavy
Boeing 747-400. As the aircraft climbed through about 100 feet agl with the landing gear retraction
in progress, the aircraft suddenly pitched down from 14° nose-up to 8º nose-up due to uncommanded
ful down travel of the right elevators. The commander, who was the handling pilot, was able to
maintain a reduced rate of climb using almost full aft control column until, a few seconds later, when
the flying controls again responded correctly and a normal rate of climb was resumed. The flight to
and onwards from Bangkok was continued without further incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f2c6ed915d1371000421/1-1995_G-BNLY.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10398410 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 2000 | G-BNLY | British Airways | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2025 12:18 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 26-Jun-2025 12:19 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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