Boeing 737-800 crash, Aug 20, 2007, Naha
Boeing 737-800 accident on August 20, 2007 near Naha, Okinawa, Japan with no fatalities. Cause: A downstop assembly that had come loose after...
- Date: August 20, 2007
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Naha, Okinawa, Japan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: A downstop assembly that had come loose after maintenance punctured the No. 5 slat track can, and fuel leaking from the hole ignited near the hot right engine after parking. The assembly had come loose after a washer was lost during maintenance about six weeks earlier, and its design allowed it to fall off.
China Airlines Flight 120 landed at Naha from Taipei and was parked on stand 41 when a fire broke out near the right engine. The fire spread to the right wing leading edge and the aircraft burned out after several explosions. All 165 occupants evacuated safely, but the Boeing 737-800 was destroyed.