Boeing 747-422 N128UA
7 May 2010 · Sydney, Australia · No injuries
Summary
On 7 May 2010 at about 17:00 local time, a Boeing 747-422 registered N128UA, operated by United Air Lines Inc, was involved in an incident near Sydney, Australia. 246 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Nearest airport
- Sydney, Australia (SYD)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-422
- Registration
- N128UA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- United Air Lines Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Sydney → San Francisco
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA10WA056
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
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.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On May 7, 2010, at 1700 UTC a Boeing 747-400, N128UA, operated by United Airlines, experienced a tailstrike on departure from Sydney, Australia. The airplane had minor damage and returned to SYD and landed without injuries or futher incident. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (www.atsb.gov.au).
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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