Boeing 747 B-HOV

Summary

On 8 April 2010, a Boeing 747 registered B-HOV, operated by Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, was involved in an accident near Paris, France. 326 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 April 2010

Classification

Accident

Location

Paris, France

Nearest airport

Charles De Gaulle Airport (cdg)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

B-HOV

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paris → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA10WA049

Nobody was 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 April 8, 2010, a Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400, registration B-HOV, experienced a fire in the avionics bay when the ground power unit was connected while parked at the gate at Charles De Gaulle Airport (LFPG), Paris, France. There were no injuries to the 326 passengers and crew onboard. The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH) to Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG). The investigation is being conducted by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile (BEA). The NTSB has assigned an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.