# NTSB DCA10WA041: Boeing 747, Paris, France, March 18, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 18, 2010, 06:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Paris, France
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75554/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA041

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Standing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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