# NTSB DCA15WA075: Boeing 747 - 468, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 25, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 25, 2015, 17:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 300 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90791
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90791/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA075

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 - 468 (468)
- Category: Airplane

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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