- Date
- October 20, 2018
- Place
- Hong Kong, China
- Injuries
- 207 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VT-ANEBoeing 787
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98547
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.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of China has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 787 airplane that occurred on October 20, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of China's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of China.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VT-ANE
- Reported as
- Boeing 787 (846)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36280
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Air India
- Registered owner
- Air India