Date:	Saturday 23 September 2017
Time:	c. 10:57 LT
Type:	Boeing 777-206ER
Owner/operator:	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registration:	PH-BQC
MSN:	29397/461
Year of manufacture:	2003
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 321
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Nishi-Tenma, Kita ward, Osaka prefecture -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Osaka/Kansai International Airport (KIX/RJBB), Japan
Destination airport:	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM), The Netherlands
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Boeing 777-200ER, operated as KLM flight KL868 from Osaka/Kansai, Japan to Amsterdam/Schiphol, the Netherlands lost a fuselage panel (close to the right wing trailing edge) while climbing through 2400 m (about 8000 feet) over Osaka.
The panel, measuring 110 cm x 107 cm and weighing 4.3 kg hit the roof of a driving car, causing a dent on the roof and cracked the right side window of the rear seat of the car. Neither of the two occupants of the car nor 321 occupants of the Boeing were injured.
The flight reached the destination without further incident. JTSB launched an investigation as a serious incident.

PROBABLE CAUSES (from JTSB report):
It is certain that this serious incident occurred when the departed right aft wing-to-body fairing panel struck and damaged a moving vehicle, while the aircraft was climbing and passing over the city of Osaka after takeoff.
Regarding the departure of the Panel, it is highly probable that the Bracket that secured the Panel’s forward upper corner by holding it to the Aircraft’s side broke, a gap was occurred between the Panel’s forward upper corner and the fuselage, and the Panel departed due to the pressure of inflowing air and vibration.

http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-air_report/PHBQC.pdf

KLM Statement: https://news.klm.com/statement-kl868-osaka---amsterdam/
http://web.archive.org/web/20170927034556/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170924/k10011154221000.html?utm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_005
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http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/09/24/07373439.html
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https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/kl868#ef642d2
http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/iken-teikyo/PHBQC20170923.pdf
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Foto van romppaneel dat de KLM Boeing 777 verloor boven Osaka, Japan: https://t.co/6zTGJ15Yiw pic.twitter.com/j7Z5tHbBQP

— Harro Ranter ✈ (@harro) September 24, 2017

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Sep-2017 06:40	isamuel	Added
24-Sep-2017 06:43	harro	Updated [Narrative]
24-Sep-2017 07:27	harro	Updated [Narrative]
24-Sep-2017 07:27	harro	Updated [Embed code, Photo, ]
24-Sep-2017 08:36	harro	Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
24-Sep-2017 08:45	harro	Updated [Source]
25-Sep-2017 06:07	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2017 11:07	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Nov-2017 17:51	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
10-Jan-2019 07:50	harro	Updated [Source, Narrative]
11-Jan-2019 20:03	harro	Updated [Time, Photo, Accident report, ]