BOEING 737 near Taipei — 2010-07-22
Investigation ongoingDCA10WA086
- Date
- 2010-07-22
- Location
- Taipei, TW
- Aircraft
- BOEING 737
- Registration
- B-18612
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- None
- Fatalities
- 0
Probable cause
Investigated by a foreign authority; NTSB does not determine probable cause.
NTSB narrative
On July 22, 2010, at 0937 UTC, a China Airlines Boeing 737-800, registered in the People's Republic of China as B-18612, experienced a depressurization while enroute to Hiroshima, Japan. The event is being investigated by the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of of Taiwan. The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the ASC investigation under the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airplane.