# Incident 19980911031199I: Boeing 747*, Pacific Ocean, HI, September 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1998, 04:00 local time
- Place: Pacific Ocean, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: SAJF
- Aircraft: B164 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747*
- People aboard: 417
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980911031199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0400, HST., CHINA AIRLINES B-747-400, REGISTRATION B-164 ENROUTE TO HONOLULU, HAWAII, FROM HANEDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JAPAN, ENCOUNTERED INFLIGHT TURBULENCE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370, RESULTING IN MINOR INTERIOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, AND MINOR INJURIES TO 10 PASSENGERS AND 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THERE WERE 402 PASSENGERS, 4 LAP SEATED INFANTS, AND 22 CREW MEMBERS (428 TOTAL) ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTIANED MINOR INTERIOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO ARMREST AT SEATS 51G, 52G, 54B, AND 54C. THE DAMAGE RANGED FROM SEPARTATION OF A DECORATIVE ARMREST COVER TO A SEPARATION OF ARMREST FROM THE SEAT STRUCTURE. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR WAS DETECTED. TEN PASSENGERS AND ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTIANED MINOR INJURIES. FOUR OF THE INJURED PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY STRETCHER, AND SEVEN WERE ABLE TO WALK OFF THE AIRCRAFT. ALL 11 INJURED WERE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER FOR OBSERVATION/TREATMENT. WE WERE INFORMED BY CHINA AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVE WHO ACCOMPANIED THE INJURED TO THE HOSPITAL THAT ALL 11 WERE TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON THIS DATE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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