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| Date: | Tuesday 16 December 2014 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-223ER |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N751AN |
| MSN: | 30798/333 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 255 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Tochigi prefecture and off east of Ibaraki prefecture -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN/RKSI) |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) | |
| Investigating agency: | JTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
American Airlines flight 280 from Incheon, South Korea to Dallas, USA forced diversion to and emergency landing beyond the curfew at Narita, Japan due to turbulence. At least twelve person out of 240 passengers and 15 crew members suffered injuries, and two among them are serious with broken bones. At the time of the accident, there was a developing low near the accident site: 37N 142E 984hPa at the sea level, moving NNE at 35 knots at 21:00 JST (12:00 UTC). The time of the accident was initially reported to be around 22:30 JST, however, the later news says that it was between 19:30 and 19:40. The plane made a safe landing at Narita at 00:55 JST, 17th December.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141216-00000179-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000000-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000002-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00050004-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000003-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000500-san-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000513-san-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000026-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000033-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00000043-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20141217-00050099-yom-soci
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2014 21:06 | isamuel | Added |
| 17-Dec-2014 10:14 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Apr-2024 17:42 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Accident report] |
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