# NTSB ENG23WA012: Boeing 737, Sydney, Australia, January 18, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 18, 2023
- Place: Sydney, Australia · Engine failure occurred over Tasman Sea during cruise. ~278 NM from Auckland.
- Coordinates: -35.440736, 166.691557 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-35.4407&lon=166.6916&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 152 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, GE Aviation, ATSB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA012

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-XZB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (838)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39360
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Qantas
- Departed: NZAA, Auckland, OF
- Destination: YSSY, Sydney, OF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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