- Date
- September 30, 2017
- Place
- Goose Bay, Canada
- Injuries
- 521 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-HPJEAirbus A380
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Uncontained engine failure
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96116
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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.
Factual narrative
On September 30, 2017, an Air France A380 operating as flight AF 66 from Paris, France to Los Angeles, California had the No. 4 engine's inlet and fan rotor separate from the remainder of the engine. The airplane diverted to Goose Bay, Canada for landing. The airplane is equipped with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. The investigation of this incident is under the jurisdiction and control of the French government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the French government. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses Zone Sud - Batiment 153 10 rue de Paris Aêroport du Bourget 93352 Le Bourget Cedex France Tel.: +33 (01) 49 92 72 00 Fax: +33 (01) 49 92 72 03
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-HPJE
- Reported as
- Airbus A380
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air France, doing business as Air France
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CDG · Paris
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Data recorder