# NTSB ENG21WA019: Boeing 747, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 22, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 22, 2021, 01:50 local (01:50 UTC)
- Place: Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Dubai Al Maktoum Airport (OMDW)
- Location: 24.8962° N, 55.1624° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Al Maktoum International Airport (OMDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.8962&lon=55.1624&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: GKN Aerospace, Air Accidents Investigation Sector, Boeing
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102832
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102832/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA019

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event)
- [Enroute-cruise: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LX-VCD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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