# NTSB DCA11WA043: Boeing B777, Paris, France, April 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 10, 2011, 09:50 local (09:50 UTC)
- Place: Paris, France
- Location: 49.0090° N, 2.5541° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.0090&lon=2.5541&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 361 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA043

## Sequence of events

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

- [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

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

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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