- Date
- July 28, 2018, 10:10 local (10:10 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- YR-BMFBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98038
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.
TailstrikeAll aircraft: 124 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on July 28, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United Kingdom's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of United Kingdom.
Aircraft
- Registration
- YR-BMF
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (848)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28220
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Blue Air
- Registered owner
- Blue Air