DCA16WA122

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Malaga, Spain · March 12, 2016

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
March 12, 2016
Place
Malaga, Spain
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
LN-NHGBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Abrupt maneuver
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
92955

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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.

Abrupt maneuverEnroute-descentAll aircraft: 346 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

The government of Spain has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on March 12, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Spain's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Spain.

Aircraft

Registration
LN-NHG
Reported as
Boeing 737 (8JP)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
41139
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Registered owner
Norwegian Air Shuttle