# NTSB DCA19WA196: Boeing 777, New Delhi, India, October 15, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 15, 2018
- Place: New Delhi, India
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100048
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA19WA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100048/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA196

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 151 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of India has notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a BOEING 777 airplane that occurred on October 15, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of India's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of India.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-ALN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air India
- 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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