# NTSB DCA18WA171: Boeing 737, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 2, 2018
- Place: Bangkok, Thailand
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Medical event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA171

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Medical event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 63 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Air Accident Investigation Committee of Thailand has notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on May 02, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Thailand's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Thailand.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HS-KMA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (43Q)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28492
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: K-Mile Air Company Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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