# NTSB DCA17WA203: Airbus A330, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China, September 22, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 22, 2017
- Place: Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070); [Taxi: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 189 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA17WA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96066/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA203

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md)
- [Taxi: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

The Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 747-433 airplane that occurred on September 22, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All investigative information will be released by the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong.

## Factual narrative (aircraft 1)

The Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A330 airplane that occurred on September 22, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: B-LNS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (343)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Hong Kong Airlines Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: VHHH, Hong Kong International

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: OM-ACB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (433)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Cargo Global
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: VHHH, Hong Kong International, runway 07R

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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