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Date: | Wednesday 20 March 2024 |
Time: | 16:15 LT |
Type: | Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |
Owner/operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
Registration: | JA891A |
MSN: | 40751/550 |
Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 207 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 55 km south of Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA) -
Japan
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX), CA, USA |
Destination airport: | Tokyo/Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
Investigating agency: | JTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:All Nippon Airways' flight ANH/NH5 from Los Angeles, USA to Tokyo/Narita, Japan, a Boeing 787-9, suffered a serious damage to the right forward fuselage by lightning strikes at an altitude of 5000 feet and 55 km south of Narita while approach. The aircraft continued to Narita where a safe landing was carried out. There were no personal injuries.
On 3rd April, JTSB launched an investigation as an aircraft accident since the damage was assessed to be susbtantial.
METAR:
METAR reports at Narita around the accident time (07:15 UTC):
RJAA 200700Z 03006KT 9999 FEW030 BKN140 09/04 Q0993 TEMPO 36015G25KT RMK 2CU030 7AC140 A2932=
RJAA 200730Z 02009KT 9999 FEW030 BKN070 BKN/// 10/03 Q0993 TEMPO 36015G25KT RMK 1CU030 5AC070 A2934=
RJAA 200800Z 35012KT 9999 VCSH FEW030 SCT150 BKN/// 10/01 Q0993 TEMPO FM0900 32016G28KT RMK 1CU030 3AC150 A2935=
Sources:
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2382 https://www.sankei.com/article/20240403-QE2VIFCT65IEDHXQDH3W6NS4NU/ https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja891a#346dfd0a Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Apr-2024 15:00 |
isamuel |
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09-Apr-2024 15:00 |
ASN |
Updated [Narrative] |
09-Apr-2024 15:02 |
ASN |
Updated [[Narrative]] |