- Date
- March 18, 2010, 06:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, France
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- HS-TGLBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Standing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75554
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On March 18, 2010, at 0700 local time (0600 UTC), a Thai Airways International Boeing 747-4D7, registered in Thailand as HS-TGL, experienced a fire in its avionics bay while parked at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Paris, France. No injuries were reported, and the damage was considered minor. The last flight of the aircraft was from Bangkok, Thailand, to CDG. The event is being investigated by the French Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses as a serious incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HS-TGL
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (4D7)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25366
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- VTBD · Bangkok
- Destination
- CDG · Paris
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CDG · Roissy Charles de Gaulle