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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Korean Air |
| Registration: | N507BJ |
| MSN: | 41987/11 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | GE GEnx-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Moses Lake-Grant County Airport, WA (MWH/KMWH) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner suffered a nose gear collapse at Moses Lake-Grant County Airport, Washington, USA. The aircraft was parked outside a hangar while undergoing conversion into a VIP configuration.
Korean Air was doing the conversion for an anonymous client, the airline stated to FlightGlobal.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/787-suffers-nose-gear-failure-at-vip-conversion-site-446994/
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1388557
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-787-being-converted-to-vip-jet-has-unusual-accident-at-moses-lake-airfield/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2018 12:44 | harro | Added |
| 15-Nov-2018 09:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 15-Nov-2018 09:40 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Source, Damage, ] |
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