- Date
- April 10, 2011, 09:50 local (09:50 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, France
- Injuries
- 361 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- C-FIVMBoeing B777
- Defining event
- Pushback/towing: Ground handling event
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78827
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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 April 10, 2011, at 0950 UTC, a Boeing 777, registration C-FIVM, operated by Air Canada, was substantially damaged during pushback at the Charles DeGaulle International Airport, Paris, France, when the tow bar fractured and struck the airplane. The flight was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight to the Lester B Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There were no injuries to the 12 crew and 349 passengers. This accident is being investigated by the BEA-France, www.bea.aero
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-FIVM
- Reported as
- Boeing B777
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Canada
- Registered owner
- Air Canada
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LFPG · Paris
- Destination
- CYYZ · Toronto
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LFPG · Paris DeGaulle