Incident Boeing 777-223ER N755AN,
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Date:Thursday 16 August 2018
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B772 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 777-223ER
Owner/operator:American Airlines
Registration: N755AN
MSN: 30263/354
Year of manufacture:2001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:between Dallas, USA and Tokyo/Narita, Japan -   Pacific Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW)
Destination airport:Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
After arrival at Tokyo/Narita at 16:30 LT, it was found that a panel just above the right wing root and forward of 3R door, measuring about 1m x 1m and weights of 2kg, was missing from a Boeing 777-200ER, operated as AAL/AA61 from Dallas, USA. The missing panel could not found at the landing runway, and no falling object was reported under the approach path.

The lost panel was placed as same as KLM incident at Osaka in September 2017.

Sources:

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180816-00000095-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20180816-00398823-fnn-soci
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180816/k10011579781000.html?utm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_002
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180818-00050001-yom-soci
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aa61#1d83b2ba

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=199928 (previous KLM incident)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 December 2022 N755AN American Airlines 0 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) min
Bird strike
24 June 2023 N755AN American Airlines 0 over Moose Jaw, SK non

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Aug-2018 17:29 isamuel Added
18-Aug-2018 07:20 isamuel Updated [Source, Narrative]

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