- Date
- May 17, 2012, 19:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D-ASXHBoeing 737-800
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 83784
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Turbulence encounterAll aircraft: 423 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents (BFU) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 that occurred on May 17, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BFU 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 BFU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-ASXH
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-800
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Sun Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal