Airbus A300 crash, Feb 12, 2000, Dakar-Yoff
Airbus A300 accident on February 12, 2000 near Dakar-Yoff, Dakar Region, Senegal with no fatalities. Cause: A crossing of the flexible hydraulic tubing...
- Date: February 12, 2000
- Aircraft: Airbus A300
- Location: Dakar-Yoff, Dakar Region, Senegal
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: A crossing of the flexible hydraulic tubing on the left gear locking connection failed, causing the left main gear to retract.
An Air Afrique A300 preparing to depart Dakar-Yoff taxied when the left main gear unsafe warning came on. The captain returned to the apron, where the left main gear collapsed, the No. 1 engine struck the ground and a fire spread to the left wing. All 182 occupants evacuated safely. The aircraft had just completed a C-check and was written off.