- Date
- September 1, 2013
- Place
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 14 minor, 169 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- PT-MVLAirbus A330 - 203
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91438
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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
The Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center of Brazil (CENIPA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an Airbus A330-203, registration PT-MVL, which occurred on September 1, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture of an aircraft component. All investigative information will be released by the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center of Brazil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- PT-MVL
- Reported as
- Airbus A330 - 203 (203)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0700
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Tam-Linhas Aereas S A