Delta B744 over China on Jun 17th 2015, hail strike
Last Update: June 30, 2015 / 22:44:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 17, 2015
Classification
Accident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-159
Departure
Detroit, United States
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
N664US
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The aircraft is still on the ground in Seoul 13 days after landing.
A passenger reported while over China the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and hail. The crew announced they had requested to deviate around weather but did not receive clearance to do so.
Another passenger reported the captain illuminated the fasten seat belt signs about 2.5 hours before landing in Seoul and made an announcement to be seated and buckle up, shortly afterwards the aircraft encountered severe turbulence causing the aircraft to oscillate in roll, yaw and pitch, anything loose in the cabin went flying within the cabin.
According to radar data the aircraft entered Chinese Airspace at FL360 at about 06:30Z, maintained 11,000 meters (FL361) in China until after passing abeam Jilin (China), then climbed to 11,600 meters (about FL380) and maintained that level until about Delian (China) when the aircraft began the descent towards Seoul and left Chinese Airspace at about 08:30Z. No altitude deviation is visible in the radar data. The aircraft touched down in Seoul at 9:10Z.
Detailed analysis of the radar track reveals a change of speed over ground between 06:57Z and 07:00Z from 436 to 495 knots, which subsequently reduced again stabilizing again at 430 knots at 07:04Z. The aircraft was about 250nm northnortheast of Jilin at 07:00Z.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 17, 2015
Classification
Accident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-159
Departure
Detroit, United States
Destination
Seoul, South Korea
Aircraft Registration
N664US
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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