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NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A380 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · February 6, 2025

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 6, 2025, 08:20 local (04:20 UTC)
Place
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Initial takeoff from OMDB
Injuries
440 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
A6-E0LAirbus A380
Defining event
Initial climb: Part(s) separation from AC
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
GE Aerospace Flight Safety, Pratt & Whitney
Case key
199716

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
A6-E0L
Reported as
Airbus A380 (861)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
186
Built
2015
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Emirates
Destination
CDG · Paris, OF