DCA21WA070

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 777 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · January 17, 2021

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
January 17, 2021, 08:04 local (08:04 UTC)
Place
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Injuries
1 serious, 63 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
A6-HERBoeing 777
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Medical event
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102548

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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.

Medical eventEnroute-cruiseAll aircraft: 63 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
A6-HER
Reported as
Boeing 777 (31HER)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
42333
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Emirates Airlines