- Date
- June 18, 2012, 11:32 local (11:32 UTC)
- Place
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- EP-MNDBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Uncontained engine failure
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84051
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.
Uncontained engine failureAll aircraft: 47 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The General Authority of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GACA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 747 that occurred on June 18, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GACA 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 GACA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- EP-MND
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- GE CF6-50, turbo fanGE CF6-50, turbo fanCF6-50, turbo fanGE CF6-50, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Mahan Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal