The flight was en route from London to Singapore at FL370 with 211 passengers and 18 crew, about 210nm west northwest of Bangkok, Thailand when the aircraft suffered severe turbulence causing injuries to a number of passengers and crew. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and decided to divert to Bangkok where the aircraft landed on runway 19R about 30 minutes later. One passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival, while 30 passengers and 7 crew were taken to hospitals.

The aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Dakar's runway 01, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a hydraulic defect but veered left off the runway. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground next to the Presidential Pavilion, the left wing briefly caught fire. All occupants evacuated via slides, there were reports of 10 minor injuries amongst the passengers and minor injury of one of the pilots.

The cargo plane, transporting heating fuel, crashed about seven miles southwest of Fairbanks International Airport, where it had just taken off from. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed, sliding into a steep hill on the bank of the Tatana River and catching fire. One of the wings caught fire as the crew attempted to return to the airport.

The passenger plane went off the runway on landing at Butembo and came to a stop with the right main gear collapsed as well as damage to the right hand horizontal stabilizer and right hand wing. A number of passengers received minor injuries, the aircraft was substantially damaged.

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