# NTSB DCA23WA472: Airbus A330, overflying English Channel, United Kingdom, July 11, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 11, 2023, 17:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: overflying English Channel, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 245 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193188
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA472
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193188/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA472

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-JHL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
- Registered owner: Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
- Departed: Zürich
- Destination: New York, NY

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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