ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320278
| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 2015 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-451 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N664US |
| MSN: | 23819/721 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 388 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over China -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) |
| Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN/RKSI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 747-451, registration N664US, sustained substantial damage when it encountered severe turbulence and hail while en route over China.
Delta Air Lines flight DL159 departed Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) on a regular service to Seoul-Incheon International Airport (ICN) in South Korea. Flightradar24 data shows that the aircraft entered Chinese Airspace at FL360 at about 06:30 UTC, maintaining 11,000 meters in China until abeam Jilin. En route over northern China the aircraft flew through a severe hailstorm. The cabin interior was damage and on the outside of the aircraft there was visible damage to the nose cone, engines, and wing leading edges. The flight continued to the destination Seoul were an uneventful landing was carried out at 09:10 UTC.
On July 10, 2015, the aircraft was ferried from Seoul to Marana, Airzona for storage.
Sources:
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, 30-6-2015
Images:
photo (c) Alec Wilson; Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA); 07 September 2013; (CC:by-sa)
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