# NTSB DCA19WA015: Boeing 787, Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 20, 2018
- Place: Hong Kong, China
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 207 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA19WA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA015

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787 (846)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36280
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Air India
- Registered owner: Air India

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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