# NTSB ENG13RA009: Airbus A330, Phuket, Thailand, December 20, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 20, 2012, 13:41 local (13:41 UTC)
- Place: Phuket, Thailand
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 257 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG13RA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85900/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG13RA009

## Factual narrative

On December 20, 2012, at about 1341 UTC, an Air Berlin Airbus Industrie A330-200 airplane, registered in Germany as D-ABXA, experienced a failure of the left engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4168, shortly after takeoff from Phuket, Thailand. After the engine failed, the airplane also experienced a hydraulic failure. The airplane returned to Phuket for an overweight landing. There were no injuries to 10 flight crewmembers and 247 passengers on board. The airplane had just departed Phuket for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The investigation is being conducted by the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU). As the state of manufacture of the PW4168 engine, the NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BFU with their investigation under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. All inquiries should be directed to the BFU at: Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Website: http://www.bfu-web.de

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ABXA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Berlin
- Registered owner: Air Berlin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: HKT, Phuket
- Destination: AUH, Abu Dhabi
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: HKT, Phuket, Thailand

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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