# NTSB DCA09WA003: Boeing 747, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 2, 2008, 03:58 local (03:58 UTC)
- Place: Bangkok, Thailand
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 13 minor, 151 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69312/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA003

## Factual narrative

On October 2, 2008, at 1058 local Thai time, a China Airlines Boeing 747-400, registered in Taiwan as B-18202, experienced turbulence while enroute to Bangkok, Thailand, from Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong. The flight was at flight level 400 and 128 nm northeast of Bangkok at the time of the event. Ten passengers and four cabin crewmembers sustained injuries. One passenger suffered a spinal cord injury. The accident investigation was delegated by the Government of Thailand to the Government of Taiwan.

## Aircraft

- Registration: B-18202 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (400)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: China Airlines
- Registered owner: China Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Hong Kong
- Destination: Bangkok
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Bangkok International Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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