Boeing B777 C-FIVM

Summary

On 10 April 2011 at about 09:50 local time, a Boeing B777 registered C-FIVM, operated by Air Canada, was involved in an accident near Paris, France. 361 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 April 2011 at 09:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Paris, France

Nearest airport

Paris DeGaulle (LFPG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing B777

Registration

C-FIVM

Category

Airplane

Operator

Air Canada

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paris → Toronto

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA11WA043

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 10, 2011, at 0950 UTC, a Boeing 777, registration C-FIVM, operated by Air Canada, was substantially damaged during pushback at the Charles DeGaulle International Airport, Paris, France, when the tow bar fractured and struck the airplane. The flight was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight to the Lester B Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There were no injuries to the 12 crew and 349 passengers. This accident is being investigated by the BEA-France, www.bea.aero

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.