- Date
- September 15, 2015, 20:30 local (Sep 16, 2015, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 279 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- A7-BACBoeing 777
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92029
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has delegated the investigation of an incident involving a Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, that occurred on September 15, 2015, to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Qatar. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the Qatar CAA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- A7-BAC
- Reported as
- Boeing 777 (300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Qatar Airways
- Registered owner
- Qatar Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport