- Date
- January 17, 2012, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- London, United Kingdom
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HL7601Boeing 747
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 82739
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)All aircraft: 994 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 747 that occurred on January 17, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the AAIB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HL7601
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Korean Air
- Registered owner
- Korean Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal