Boeing 747 HZ-AIR

Summary

On 5 May 2011 at about 16:20 local time, a Boeing 747 registered HZ-AIR, operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp, was involved in an incident near Lahore, Pakistan. 18 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 May 2011 at 16:20

Classification

Incident

Location

Lahore, Pakistan

Nearest airport

Lahore International (LHE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747

Registration

HZ-AIR

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lahore → Riyadh

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG11WA031

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 May 5, 2011, at 16:20 UTC, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-300 airplane, registration HZ-AIR, that was equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-524 engines, had the No. 4 engine make an uncommanded increase to full power as the crew started to advance the throttles to taxi for takeoff at Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), Lahore, Pakistan. The flight crew shut down the engine by placing the No. 4 engine's fuel switch to cut off. The airplane returned to the ramp without further incident The investigation is being conducted by the General Authority of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist with the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All requests for information should be directed to: General Authority of Civil Aviation Safety Department P.O. Box 887, Jeddah, 21421 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Phone: +966-2-685-5509

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.