JA8674

On July 8, 2011, at 0920 Japan standard time, an All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Boeing 767-300 airplane, registered in Japan as JA8674, experienced turbine damage in the No. 1 (left) engine, a General Electric CF6-80C2. The airplane was climbing through 9,200 meters about 120 miles north-west of Tokyo-Haneda International Airport (HND) when there were abnormal noises and vibrations from the No. 1 engine. The engine was shutdown, the pilots declared an emergency, and the airplane returned to land at HND. There were no reported injuries to the 255 people on board the airplane. A post-flight borescope examination of the No. 1 engine revealed serious damage to the turbine blades.

This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from:

Director-General

Secretariat of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents

Investigation Commission

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku

Tokyo, 100-8918, Japan

Telephone: +81 3 5253 8813

Fax: +81 3 5253 1677

This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information from or released by the Government of Japan.