- Date
- March 22, 2021, 01:50 local (01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Dubai Al Maktoum Airport (OMDW)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- LX-VCDBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- GKN Aerospace, Air Accidents Investigation Sector, Boeing
- Case key
- 102832
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LX-VCD
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (-8F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35809
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- CargoLux
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- ELLX
- Airport
- OMDW · Dubai Al Maktoum Airport