Accident Airbus A320-232 (WL) JA14JJ, Saturday 7 January 2023

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Date:	Saturday 7 January 2023
Time:	07:18 LT
Type:	Airbus A320-232 (WL)
Owner/operator:	JetStar Japan
Registration:	JA14JJ
MSN:	5695
Year of manufacture:	2013
Engine model:	IAE V2527-A5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 142
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Nagoya/Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO/RJGG) - Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA)
Destination airport:	Fukuoka Airport (FUK/RJFF)
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
JetStar Japan's flight JJP/GK501, an A320-232, took off from Tokyo/Narita at 06:36 LT for Fukuoka. A little bit earlier at 06:18 LT, an international phone call in English from Germany to the Narita International Airport Information Center told about a threat with 100 kg of plastic bomb in the cargo hold of GK501. The flight crew of GK501 was informed the threat at 07:18 LT, while flying over about 65 km north of Chubu at FL380, and decided to divert to Chubu Centrair. No emergency were declared by the flight crew, however, the ATC provided some priority to the flight. The Airbus made a safe landing on the runway 36 of Centrair at 07:41 LT. At 07:44 LT, emergency evacuation using slides was carried out on the taxiway A just south of vacating from A3.
One passenger received serious injuries, while four suffered minor injuries during the evacuation.
The sole runway was closed until 12:15 LT. 63 commercial flights were cancelled, more delays and diversions happened.
No explosive device was found by a search after the evacuation.

PROBABLE CAUSES
The JTSB concludes that it is certain that the probable cause of this accident was that, during a non-emergency evacuation using the evacuation slide, the passenger descended the slide in a supine position, landed on the lower back on the ground and suffered serious injuries.
It is probable that the passenger slid down the slide in a supine position, as there were no safety instructions on how to take a safe posture when sliding down the evacuation slide for passengers on board.

Accident investigation:


Investigating agency:	JTSB
Report number:
Status:	Investigation completed
Duration:	2 years and 7 months
Download report:	Final report

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Date/time Contributor Updates

13-Aug-2025 05:38 ASN Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Aug-2025 05:38	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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