Boeing 747 incident near Heathrow Intl Apt, Gb, May 31, 2010
On May 31, 2010 at about 7:00 am local time, a Boeing 747, registered BHKH, suffered minor damage in an incident near Heathrow Intl Apt (London Heathrow airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 31, 2010 · about 7:00 am local time
- Place
- Heathrow Intl Apt, United Kingdom · London Heathrow
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747 400F · all 747s on the register
- Registration
- BHKH · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
On May 31, 2010, a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400F, B-HKH, experienced a flap retraction anomaly after landing at London Heathrow International Airport (LHR), London, United Kingdom. The incident is being investigated by the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Cathay Pacific Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: Delhi
- Destination: LHR Heathrow Intl Apt
- Flight plan: not recorded
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.