Airbus A330 D-ABXA
20 December 2012 · Phuket, Thailand · No injuries
Summary
On 20 December 2012 at about 13:41 local time, a Airbus A330 registered D-ABXA, operated by Air Berlin, was involved in an incident near Phuket, Thailand. 257 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 13:41
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Phuket, Thailand
- Nearest airport
- Phuket, Thailand (HKT)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Airbus A330
- Registration
- D-ABXA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air Berlin
- Operating rule
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Phuket → Abu Dhabi
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- NTSB number
- ENG13RA009
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
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 December 20, 2012, at about 1341 UTC, an Air Berlin Airbus Industrie A330-200 airplane, registered in Germany as D-ABXA, experienced a failure of the left engine, a Pratt & Whitney PW4168, shortly after takeoff from Phuket, Thailand. After the engine failed, the airplane also experienced a hydraulic failure. The airplane returned to Phuket for an overweight landing. There were no injuries to 10 flight crewmembers and 247 passengers on board. The airplane had just departed Phuket for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The investigation is being conducted by the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU). As the state of manufacture of the PW4168 engine, the NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BFU with their investigation under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. All inquiries should be directed to the BFU at: Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Website: http://www.bfu-web.de
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep 2012 | Airbus A330-323 | Sophia, North Carolina, United States | US Airways Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2012 | Airbus A330 | Paris, France, France | TAM Linhas Aereas | Unknown | - |
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Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2011 | Boeing 737 | Phuket, Thailand | Shanghai Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 16 Oct 2011 | Unknown aircraft | Bangkok, Thailand | Qantas Airways Limited | Unknown | - |
| 31 Jul 2013 | Boeing 737 | Surat Thani, Thailand | Orient Thai Airlines | Unknown | - |
| 11 May 2014 | Boeing 737-800 | Bangkok, Thailand | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 2010 | Boeing 747 | Bangkok, Thailand, Thailand | Thai Airways | Unknown | - |
| 20 Aug 2014 | Boeing 737 | Hat Yai, Thailand | Thai Lion Mentari | Unknown | - |