# NTSB DCA12WA159: Boeing 777, Rome, Italy, September 30, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 30, 2012, 13:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place: Rome, Italy
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Aircraft loading event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 259 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85425/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA159

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Aircraft loading event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 84 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 30, 2012, about 1305 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Boeing 777-200 sustained damage to the forward left passenger door and aircraft structure when a jetbridge was moved during boarding operations at Rome Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy. There were no injuries to the 245 passengers and 14 crewmembers on board. The accident is being investigated by the Agenzia Nazionale Per LA Sicurezza Del Volo of Italy. Inquiries regarding this accident should be directed to: Agenzia Nazionale Per La Sicurezza Del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53 00156 Rome Italy

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-ISB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane Spa

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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