- Date
- July 5, 2012, 11:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 85 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D-ASXEBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84208
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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 5 July, 2012, at approximately 1100 UTC, a SunExpress Deutschland B737-800, registration D-ASXE, encountered turbulence during cruise between Gaziantep, Turkey, and Frankfurt, Germany. Of the 86 passengers and crew onboard, one crew member received serious injuries and the airplane was not damaged. The investigation is being conducted by German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU). The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to the BFU at: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Website: http://www.bfu-web.de
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-ASXE
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- SunExpress
- Registered owner
- SunExpress
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal