Accident Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JA808A,
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Date:Thursday 15 August 2019
Time:19:24
Type:Silhouette image of generic B788 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Owner/operator:All Nippon Airways - ANA
Registration: JA808A
MSN: 34490/42
Year of manufacture:2012
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 225
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:Over Chengde, Hebei Province -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT)
Destination airport:Beijing-Capital International Airport (PEK/ZBAA)
Investigating agency: JTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
All Nippon Airways' flight ANA/NH963 from Tokyo/Haneda to Beijing, a Boeing 787-8, suffered a severe turbulence during descent at 140 km northeast of Beijing at 5500 m altitude.
Two passengers suffered serious injuries (peeling fracture of right inner cuneiform bone and second lumbar compression fracture) and two cabin crew minor injuries (right knee sprain and lumbar contusion). No damages on the aircraft were reported. JTSB was entrusted the investigation of the accident by Chinese authority.

Probable Cause:
It is probable that this accident occurred because the aircraft shook violently when flying near the cumulus cloud top, causing two passengers who were not in their seats to receive serious injuries.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: JTSB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 6 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

JTSB

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 January 2013 JA808A All Nippon Airways - ANA 0 Ube, Yamaguchi non
6 July 2014 JA808A All Nippon Airways - ANA 0 over Shiga prefecture unk

Revision history:

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