Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-201Q Dash 8 JA801B, Wednesday 27 September 2017
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Date:Wednesday 27 September 2017
Time:19:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-201Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:Oriental Air Bridge
Registration: JA801B
MSN: 566
Year of manufacture:2001
Engine model:P&W Canada PW123
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Nagasaki prefecture -   Japan
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Nagasaki Airport (NGS/RJFU)
Destination airport:Tsushima Airport (TSJ/RJDT)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Bombardier DHC-8-Q201 of Oriental Air Bridge was operating flight ORC/OC61 from Nagasaki to Tsushima when fog in the cabin was observed en route 20 minutes after take off. The plane returned to Nagasaki where a safe landing was carried out. No personal injuries were reported. This particular airplane had suffered an engine trouble and grounded on 24th September. This incident happened in the first service flight after the preceding engine trouble.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20171001120816/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170927/k10011158821000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_019
http://web.archive.org/web/20171003103119/http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye3169690.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

12 February 2014 JA801B Oriental Air Bridge 0 Nagasaki Airport (NGS/RJFU) sub
8 March 2017 JA801B Oriental Air Bridge 0 over Sasebo city, Nagasaki prefecture unk

Revision history:

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28-Sep-2017 08:59 isamuel Added

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