- Date
- March 9, 2016, 03:20 local (03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- TF-AMUBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92820
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.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Saudi Arabia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 747 airplane that occurred on March 09, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Saudi Arabia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- TF-AMU
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (48EF)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27603
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129