- Date
- December 21, 2015, 03:23 local (09:23 UTC)
- Place
- Darwin, Australia
- Injuries
- 302 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-VKEBoeing 787
- Defining event
- Enroute: Flight instrument malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92494
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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.
Flight instrument malf/failAll aircraft: 56 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 787 airplane that occurred on December 21, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's 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 government of Australia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-VKE
- Reported as
- Boeing 787
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage