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Incident: KLM B772 at Osaka on Sep 23rd 2017, dropped panel on climb out


A KLM Boeing 777-200, registration PH-BQC performing flight KL-868 from Osaka Kansai (Japan) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 321 people on board, was climbing through about FL120 out of Kansai Airport's runway 06R over the City of Osaka when a fairing panel, about one square meter in size, separated from the aircraft and fell onto Osaka's Highway #1 (Keihan National Highway) next to Chome hitting a car driving along the road. In the absence of any anomalies the aircraft continued the flight to Amsterdam where the aircraft landed safely about 11 hours later. There were no injuries, the two occupants of the car escaped without injuries despite a damaged aft window and dents in the roof of the car.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the panel originated from the right hand wing's root fairing, size about 1 meter by 0.6 meters (3 feet by 2 feet) and weighing about 4 kg/9 lbs, separated when the aircraft was climbing through approximately 2500 meters (8000 feet). The JTSB have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.

The airline reported a fairing panel, size about 1 square meter, was lost and landed in the city of Osaka. Damage to a car was reported, there were no injuries. The aircraft was able to safely continue the flight to Amsterdam. The airline is cooperating with Japan's Civil Aviation Authority and Boeing to investigate the occurrence.

The panel:

https://avherald.com/h?article=4aece188&opt=0