- Date
- February 25, 2015, 17:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Injuries
- 300 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- HZ-AIXBoeing 747 - 468
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90791
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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 Aviation Investigation Bureau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 747-400, which occurred on February 25, 2015. 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 and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the Aviation Investigation Bureau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HZ-AIX
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 - 468 (468)
- Category
- Airplane