China Eastern B773 at New York on Aug 12th 2019, dropped parts on takeoff roll

Last Update: August 13, 2019 / 21:19:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 12, 2019

Classification
Accident

Airline
China Eastern Airlines

Flight number
MU-588

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
B-2005

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A China Eastern Boeing 777-300, registration B-2005 performing flight MU-588 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Shanghai Pudong (China), was climbing out of JFK's runway 22R when the crew advised ATC a passenger had observed some metal piece falling off the left hand side of the aircraft and requested a runway inspection. The crew continued the climb initially but stopped the climb at FL230 at a low speed to perform some checks on the aircraft and requested to enter a hold. The aircraft subsequently returned to New York for a safe landing on runway 22L about 2:20 hours after departure.

Part of a left hand spoiler panel and part of a wing panel was missing from the aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 12, 2019

Classification
Accident

Airline
China Eastern Airlines

Flight number
MU-588

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
B-2005

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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