Boeing 737-800 B18616

20 August 2007 · Naha, Okinawa, Japan · No injuries

Summary

On 20 August 2007 at about 01:35 local time, a Boeing 737-800 registered B18616, operated by China Air Lines, was involved in an accident near Naha, Okinawa, Japan. 165 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 August 2007 at 01:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Registration: B18616
Operator: China Air Lines
Operating rule: Non-U.S., Commercial
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA07RA061

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
165	0	0	0	165

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA07RA061, from the public aviation accident database.

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