Boeing 747 HS-TGL

Summary

On 18 March 2010 at about 06:00 local time, a Boeing 747 registered HS-TGL, operated by Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, was involved in an incident near Paris, France. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 March 2010 at 06:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Paris, France

Nearest airport

Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

HS-TGL

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bangkok → Paris

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

DCA10WA041

Injuries not recorded.

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 18, 2010, at 0700 local time (0600 UTC), a Thai Airways International Boeing 747-4D7, registered in Thailand as HS-TGL, experienced a fire in its avionics bay while parked at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Paris, France. No injuries were reported, and the damage was considered minor. The last flight of the aircraft was from Bangkok, Thailand, to CDG. The event is being investigated by the French Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses as a serious incident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.