| Date: | Sunday 7 March 2004 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: | Boeing 777-281 |
| Owner/operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | JA705A |
| MSN: | 29029/137 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 186 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 700 KM East-Northeast of Singapore, South China Sea -
Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA) |
| Destination airport: | Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN/WSSS) |
| Investigating agency: | ARAIC |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On Sunday March 7, 2004 at around 22:40 (JST), the first officer of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 777-200, JA705A, operating as scheduled passenger flight 901 from New Tokyo International Airport to Changi International Airport in Singapore, got ill with abdominal pains over the South China Sea approximately 700km east-northeast of Singapore. The aircraft subsequently landed at Changi International Airport, Singapore at 23:54 (JST) with only the captain operating the aircraft. There were 186 persons on board flight 901—174 passengers (including an infant), the captain and 11 other crewmembers. There were no injuries to persons on board.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | ARAIC |
| Report number: | AI2005-1 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/eng-air_report/JA705A.pdf https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/510247 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 August 2015 |
JA705A |
All Nippon Airways - ANA |
0 |
near Osaka International Airport (ITM/RJOO) |
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min |
| Engine failure |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 15-Apr-2025 19:05 |
Justanormalperson |
Added |
| 15-Apr-2025 19:06 |
ASN |
Updated [Accident report, ] |
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