Boeing 767 VQ-BUO

Summary

On 26 February 2016 at about 17:30 local time, a Boeing 767 registered VQ-BUO, operated by Azurair Airlines, was involved in an incident near Domodedovo, Russia. 348 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 February 2016 at 17:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Domodedovo, Russia

Nearest airport

Domodedovo (UUDD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 767

Registration

VQ-BUO

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Azurair Airlines

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Domodedovo → Bangkok

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

ENG16WA019

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

Initial Notification sent to NTSB by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has appointed Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) to investigate the incident of an Azurair Airlines B767-300 (VQ-BUO, S/N 27909) Left Hand Main Landing Gear bogey axle damaged during taxi for takeoff from Domodedovo, Russia to Bangkok, Thailand on February 26, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the FATA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by FATA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.