McDonnell Douglas MD-11 B2173

10 September 1998 · Shanghai, China · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 September 1998 at about 23:07 local time, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 registered B2173, operated by China Eastern, was involved in an incident near Shanghai, China. 138 people were on board and 9 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 September 1998 at 23:07
Classification: Incident
Location: Shanghai, China
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Registration: B2173
Operator: China Eastern
Operating rule: Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA98RA086

People

9 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
138	0	0	9	129

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA98RA086, from the public aviation accident database.

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