- Date
- August 23, 2017, 10:13 local (10:13 UTC)
- Place
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68061Boeing 767 424ER
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96212
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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 Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 767 424ER airplane that occurred on August 23, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Switzerland's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Switzerland.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68061
- Reported as
- Boeing 767 424ER (424ER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29456
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.