Boeing 777 FGSPD

Summary

On 4 March 2009 at about 23:20 local time, a Boeing 777 registered FGSPD, operated by Air France, was involved in an accident near Niigata, Japan. 277 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 March 2009 at 23:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Niigata, Japan

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 777

Registration

FGSPD

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air France

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA09WA034

2 people were 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 March 5, 2009, at approximately 0820 Japan Standard Time, an Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPD, encountered turbulence near Niigata, Japan, at an altitude of about 25,000 feet. Two flight attendants received serious injuries. The passengers and remaining crew members were uninjured. The investigation is being conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board. The NTSB has assigned a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the Country of Design and Manufacture of the aircraft. All inquiries should be directed to the Japan Transport Safety Board: Japan Transport Safety Board Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918 Japan Website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.