- Date
- June 29, 2018
- Place
- Gander, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 300 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N278AYAirbus A330
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97740
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.
Factual narrative
The government of Canada has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Airbus A330 airplane that occurred on June 29, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Canada's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Canada.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N278AY
- Reported as
- Airbus A330 (323)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0388
- Engines
- P & W PW4158, turbo fanP & W PW4158, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines Inc
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.