- Date
- October 14, 2017
- Place
- Adelaide, Australia
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- A6-ETRBoeing 777
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96229
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.
Fire/smoke (non-impact)All aircraft: 504 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 777 airplane that occurred on October 14, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Australia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- A6-ETR
- Reported as
- Boeing 777 (3FXER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41701
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Etihad Airways
- Registered owner
- Etihad Airways