Boeing 747 B-18202

Summary

On 2 October 2008 at about 03:58 local time, a Boeing 747 registered B-18202, operated by China Airlines, was involved in an accident near Bangkok, Thailand. 165 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 13 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 October 2008 at 03:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Bangkok, Thailand

Nearest airport

Bangkok International Airport

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

B-18202

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

China Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hong Kong → Bangkok

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA09WA003

1 person was seriously injured.

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 2, 2008, at 1058 local Thai time, a China Airlines Boeing 747-400, registered in Taiwan as B-18202, experienced turbulence while enroute to Bangkok, Thailand, from Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong. The flight was at flight level 400 and 128 nm northeast of Bangkok at the time of the event. Ten passengers and four cabin crewmembers sustained injuries. One passenger suffered a spinal cord injury. The accident investigation was delegated by the Government of Thailand to the Government of Taiwan.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.