American B772 enroute on Aug 16th 2018, dropped panel in flight
Last Update: August 17, 2018 / 22:03:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-61
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan
Aircraft Registration
N755AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A post flight inspection revealed a glass fiber panel, size about one square meter (10 square feet) weighing about 2kg/4 lbs, was missing from the fuselage just aft of the trailing edge of the right hand wing.
A search for the panel on Narita Airport was not successful.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Narita Airport about 39 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-61
Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States
Destination
Tokyo Narita, Japan
Aircraft Registration
N755AN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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